KIRO Newsradio historian Feliks Banel thinks Mount Rainier will go back to its original name 'in our lifetime.'
A view of Mount Rainier is photographed from an Alaska Airlines flight flying at 25,000 feet on September 21, 2021 makes us think about how climate change could affect us and our planet.
“I think Mount Rainier, the name will change. I think they’ll change it to ‘Taquoma,’ eventually, probably in our lifetimes. And I don’t think that’s a bad thing,” Banel said on “Seattle’s Morning News” Wednesday. “With the English language, there’s certain poetry to names like ‘Rainier’ and ‘Baker’. It’s sort of so familiar, but ya know, it’s a terrific debate to keep having continually,” Banel said.“ engaged in a years long process to create consensus around the indigenous community about what they would like it renamed. So, I do think in our lifetimes, we’ll see a change like that and it’ll be like Denali up in Alaska, but a bigger deal,” Banel said.
It wasn’t until President Barack Obama’s administration that the name change was granted. (Readers can view of a PDF of the, when then-President Donald Trump was in office, he met with senators from Alaska to ask about reversing it. But his efforts, apparently, ended there.joins “Seattle’s Morning News” every Wednesday and Friday for his features on local history. You can click on the player above orListen to Seattle’s Morning News with Dave Ross and Colleen O’Brien weekday mornings from 5-9 a.
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