Iñupiaq men in qayaqs, Noatak, Alaska, circa 1929. Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress Digital Collections.
Crossing the Chilkoot Pass, circa 1898. Courtesy Candy Waugaman and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
The Gold Rush boomtown of Nome on the Seward Peninsula, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.
Read our letter, sent to all three members of Alaska’s congressional delegation, requesting that they “promptly introduce legislation to overturn President Trump’s executive order renaming Alaska’s tallest mountain, returning the traditional name favored by Alaska Native peoples and most Alaskans – Denali.”
The Alaska Historical Society weighs in on the renaming of Denali to Mount McKinley as special guests on National Public Radio.
Listen in to AHS Executive Director Jo Antonson on the history of the mountain’s name or read the transcript: