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Change the official name of Mount McKinley to Mount Denali.

Created by M.F. on January 24, 2015

This a petition to officially recognize the name of Mount McKinley to Mount Denali. There is a dispute over the name of the mountain listed by the United States Board on Geographic Names as "Mount McKinley" and by the Alaska Board of Geographic Names as "Denali", located in Alaska as the centerpiece of Denali National Park and Preserve. Alaska has requested that the mountain be recognized as "Denali," meaning "the great one" in the Athabaskan languages of the Alaska Natives living around the mountain, which is the common name in Alaska. Attempts by Alaska to have Mount McKinley's name changed by the federal government have been blocked by members of the congressional delegation from Ohio, the homestate of mountain namesake William McKinley.

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