Alternative title: Pres. Obama throws shade at Pres. McKinley
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President Barack Obama says he's changing the name of the tallest mountain in North America from Mount McKinley to Denali.
He's giving the mountain its traditional Alaska Native name on the eve of a historic presidential visit to Alaska.
Denali is an Athabascan word meaning "the high one." The name has long been a sore spot for Alaskans, who have informally called the 20,320-foot mountain Denali for years.
The White House noted that McKinley never visited Alaska, and said the site is significant culturally to Alaska natives and central to the Athabascan creation story.
Considering it sites in the center of Denali National Park and Preserve I don't really care. The question is are they going to start renaming all our mountains for example; Mount St. Helens aka as Lawetlat'la to the indigenous Cowlitz?
