The Obama-era change followed decades of requests from Native Alaskan leaders for the mountain’s native name ‘Denali’, a Koyukon Athabaskan word meaning "the tall one," "the high one" or "the great ...

The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The state’s senators prefer the Native name.

President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's tallest mountain.

Alaska's top lawmakers oppose Trump's plan to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley, advocating for the name that honors the region's Indigenous heritage.

One hunter-naturalist involved pushed for the park to be called “Mt. Denali National Park” in 1916, referencing a name bestowed to the mountain by native people. The federal government ...

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be ...

The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.

As part of a torrent of decisions he issued this week hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the ...

Trump said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and where it belongs." ...