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| 11 | 11 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 3 |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA |
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| 15 | 15 | | THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION |
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| 17 | 17 | | BY REPRESENTATIVE CARRICK |
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| 19 | 19 | | Introduced: 1/22/25 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred: Rules |
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| 23 | 23 | | A RESOLUTION |
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| 25 | 25 | | Opposing efforts to change the name of the tallest mountain in North America from 1 |
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| 26 | 26 | | Denali to Mt. McKinley, and supporting efforts to recognize the heritage and continuing 2 |
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| 27 | 27 | | importance of the mountain and of Alaska Native peoples. 3 |
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| 28 | 28 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4 |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS the Koyukon Athabaskan name Denali, which translates to "the high 5 |
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| 30 | 30 | | one," has been used as the name for the tallest mountain in the state for thousands of years; 6 |
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| 31 | 31 | | and 7 |
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| 32 | 32 | | WHEREAS the name Denali evokes the appropriate respect and recognition 8 |
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| 33 | 33 | | throughout the world for the tallest mountain in North America, with an elevation of 20,310 9 |
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| 34 | 34 | | feet; and 10 |
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| 35 | 35 | | WHEREAS, in 1896, prospector William Dickey christened the mountain Mt. 11 |
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| 36 | 36 | | McKinley after William McKinley of Ohio, then a candidate for President of the United 12 |
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| 37 | 37 | | States, who never visited the state; and 13 |
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| 38 | 38 | | WHEREAS, on June 7, 1913, Walter Harper, a 20-year-old Athabaskan man from the 14 |
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| 39 | 39 | | interior of the state, became the first person to stand on the summit of the mountain; and 15 34-LS0387\A |
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| 43 | 43 | | WHEREAS, in 2015, after decades of advocacy, the United States Department of the 1 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Interior changed the name from Mt. McKinley to the Koyukon Athabaskan name Denali; and 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | WHEREAS using the Koyukon Athabaskan name Denali respects thousands of years 3 |
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| 46 | 46 | | of the tradition and culture of and stewardship by Alaska Native peoples in the state; 4 |
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| 47 | 47 | | BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature opposes efforts to change the 5 |
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| 48 | 48 | | name of the tallest mountain in North America from Denali to Mt. McKinley; and be it 6 |
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| 49 | 49 | | FURTHER RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature supports efforts to 7 |
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| 50 | 50 | | recognize the heritage and continuing importance of the mountain and of Alaska Native 8 |
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| 51 | 51 | | peoples. 9 |
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| 52 | 52 | | COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Donald J. Trump, President 10 |
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| 53 | 53 | | of the United States; the Honorable J. D. Vance, Vice President of the United States and 11 |
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| 54 | 54 | | President of the U.S. Senate; United States Secretary of the Interior; and the Honorable Lisa 12 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Murkowski and the Honorable Dan Sullivan, U.S. Senators, and the Honorable Nick Begich, 13 |
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| 56 | 56 | | U.S. Representative, members of the Alaska delegation in Congress. 14 |
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