Denali–Mount McKinley naming dispute

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The name of the highest mountain in North America has been a subject of dispute since 1975, when the Alaska Legislature asked the U.S. federal government to change its designation of the mountain from "Mount McKinley" to "Denali". The name Denali is based on the Koyukon name of the mountain, Deenaalee. The Koyukon are a people of Alaskan Athabaskans, who settled in the interior area north of the mountain.

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