When President Donald Trump signed an administrative order on the first day of his term, renamed the highest peak in North America with the name of President William McKinli, the McKinli Peak of Alaska, a descendant of the 25th President was rejoicing. If mad.
"The mountain should be named after his name," said on Thursday, Massee McKinley, a nephew of the nephew. "He has unparalleled integrity. People respect him."
But Trump's decision was resisted, because many Alaska members, including two Republican senators, expressed their opposition to this change. Therefore, Masi McKinli supports compromise: named it Macinlishan, but retains Denley National Park and Reserve.
Mai Jinli said: "The international community always calls the entire park and this mountain as McKinli Peak, and we don't deny this." But I definitely think that from a national point of view, in the United States, we can reach a compromise. I think this is no problem. "
In fact, Trump ’s administrative order suggests to retain the name of the park:“ The national parks around Maijinshan should retain the names of the Dineli National Park and the protected area. ”
In 1917, the federal government officially acknowledged that the peak of 20,310 feet above sea level was Macinlishan. Prior to this, the Aboriginal group had its own name, including Denali, which meant "high mountains" in Assatta. people.
In 2015, the Obama administration officially acknowledged that the mountain was Maijinlifeng.
During the first term, Trump suggested that it renames it McMust. Alaska's two senators Lisa Mulcoski and Dan Shalvin opposed it.
Their office did not respond to the comments request immediately on Thursday, but both reiterated that they did not agree with Trump's administrative order.
In the video post on X, Shalvin said: "I prefer the name Denali. This is the name of this great mountain. "
In 2017, Shalvan told Alaska public media that he urged Trump not to change his name in a conversation. He said he told him: "'Alaska Aboriginal named the mountain more than 10,000 years ago. By the way, it was the Assatta cards, and my wife was an Assatta card. If you now put it now This name is changed, she will be very angry. 'So he said, "Okay, we don’t do that.
However, Trump said at the election rally that he would change the name of Denley to recognize McKintele. McKinley began to be president since 1897 and was assassinated in 1901. McKinley's term is marked by the use of tariffs. Trump regards tariffs as the core content of its economic plan.
McKinley was born in Ohio and has no actual connection with this mountain or Alaska. In the late 1800s, a gold rushor William Dickey liked the re -elected president Mcing Li in the newspaper. Together.
Alaska Aboriginal Research Associate Professor Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart, an associate professor of Alaska Research at the University of Alaska, said that for decades, the Alaska called it McGonil and McGonar.
But she added that the formal name was changed to Denali.
"This mountain is so majestic. The name is to express the recognition of the Aboriginal people in their mother tongue," said Sajinov-Stewalt, a citizen of the Trete Pyramid Lake Tribe. "Take away it is another way to recognize these people. Aboriginal people lost their land, lost their language, and returned to the boarding school and orphanage."
Member Organization Mark McKinli, vice chairman of the Presidential Association, said that Trump told him that he admired McKinley's business mind and hoped to copy this in the office.
"I think this will happen, and it is indeed realized," Mcing Li said. "When they really signed the announcement, I am happy to participate in the signing process."
Trump also stated in the same administrative order that the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Bay. The US Ministry of the Interior has renewed the government's place name database for 30 days.