US’ highest mountain called Denali for thousands of years, and Mount McKinley for nearly a century
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 one" to be restored.
Trump vows to revert name of Alaska’s highest peak from Denali back to Mount McKinley
President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali, would be changed back to Mount McKinley. Trump was sworn in as the 47th president on Monday,
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In 2015, the name of the peak was changed during the Obama administration to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and ...
Stark County GOP officials enthusiastically back President Donald Trump changing the name of North America's tallest mountain ...
President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Denali, North America’s tallest peak, back to its former name, Mount McKinley.
Trump said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and ...
The Associated Press has weighed in on how it will respond to President Donald Trump’s executive order changing the name of ...
Denali in Alaska, as Mount McKinley — reviving an idea he floated years ago that at that time saw strong pushback from ...
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