White House Renames Mount McKinley As Denali On Eve Of Trip

By Ed Scarce — August 31, 2015

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will change the name of North America's tallest mountain peak from Mount McKinley to Denali, the White House said Sunday, a major symbolic gesture to Alaska Natives on the eve of President Barack Obama's historic visit to Alaska.

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