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First nations, first names

After I posted a story on how Oregon's mountains got their names, I got a lot of questions from readers about the names given to these peaks by local tribes, and while that's a tricky proposition – different tribes had different names, translations are sketchy and many simply weren't named – I've done my best to compile a list for our Pacific Northwest mountains.

--Jamie Hale | jhale@oregonian.com

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The Denali effect

Interest in tribal mountain names has risen since 2015, when the federal government officially renamed Alaska's Mount McKinley to its native name, Denali. There's little chance of other Pacific Northwest peaks getting the same treatment, but it's nevertheless spawned the question: What are their native names anyway?

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Mount Adams

Native name: Pahtoe or Klickitat

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Mount Bailey

Native Name: Youxlokes

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Mount Baker

Native name: Kulshan

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Cascade Range

Native name: Yamakiasham Yaina

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Mount Hood

Native name: Wy'east

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Mount Jefferson

Native name: Seekseekqua or Kuassal Teminbi

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Marys Peak

Native name: Chintimini

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Mount McLoughlin

Native name: M'laiksini Yaina

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Olympic Mountains

Native name: Sun-a-do or S'ngazanelf

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Mount Rainier

Native name: Tahoma or Tacoma

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Saddle Mountain

Native name: Swallalah-oost

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Mount Scott

Native name: Walmsini or Tum-sum-ne

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Mount Shasta

Native name: Ako-Yet or Et ti ja na or Yeh te che na

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Mount St. Helens

Native name: Loowit or Louwala-Clough

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Mount Thielsen

Native name: His-chok-wol-as

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Error? Omission?

This information is pretty tricky to track down. I used "Oregon Geographic Names" as well as several online resources and books to compile this list, buy if you see any errors or omissions, shoot me an email at jhale@oregonian.com and I'll update the post.

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More historical names...

Like the history of our geographic names? Check out my previous stories on the names of Oregon's rivers, Oregon's counties, the Cascade Range and the performance halls of Portland. And, as always, you can find more travel coverage at oregonlive.com/travel, and history stories at oregonlive.com/history.