Renamed by Woodrow Wilson in 1919, what National Park was formerly known as Mukuntuweap National Monument in honor of the native Southern Paiute people?

Mukuntuweap National Monument was renamed Zion soon after the National Park Service was established. The name Zion was one used by the Mormons, and many historians note that the name change played into the white bias of the time, namely that indigenous and Spanish place names would turn off visitors because they wouldn't be able to properly pronounce them.

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