What’s in a name? How America’s place-renaming moment impacts people
The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, ...
From Greenland to Fort Bragg, America is caught in a name game where place names become political tools
The United States is in the midst of a place-renaming moment. From the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, ...
Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...
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Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map
With our own sense of reverence for this place, we are officially renaming the mountain Denali in recognition of ... to Gulf of America on official U.S. maps, but there is no international board ...
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‘It’s about control’: Why Trump renamed Denali to Mount McKinley
Denali is a Koyukon Athabascan word that means “the high one” — the tallest mountain in North America ... place name and imposing a new one on maps, atlases, and our phones’ navigational ...