In 2015, the name of the peak was changed during the Obama administration to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and ...
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.
President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's tallest mountain.
Alaska Native leaders, as well as state politicians, object that the order undoes years of work with the federal government ...
President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali ...
The mountain was previously called Mount McKinley, after the Ohio native former president. The name was officially changed in 2015.
Alaska's U.S. senators in 2017 vehemently opposed a prior suggestion by Trump that the name Denali be changed back to Mount McKinley. In 2015, then-President Barack Obama completed the change to ...