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Will Symons

Denali, North America's tallest mountain, stripped of its indigenous name by President Trump

Denali.

Newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump has stirred controversy by reversing an order that recognised the indigenous name of North America's tallest mountain.

President Barack Obama changed the name of Mount McKinley to Denali in 2015 - making official the moniker native Alaskans say had been in use for more than 10,000 years. Campaigners had been fighting for the change since 1975.

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