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 ...
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.
Trump's decision is being met with resistance, as many Alaska lawmakers, including its two Republican Senators, have voiced opposition to the change.
Trump and his allies are threatening to withhold aid for a fire-ravaged city while fueling the climate crisis. It's ...
Denali Denali (21,310 ft.), located in Alaska’s Denali National Park, the highest peak in North America and a member of the ...
President Donald Trump started his second administration with a blitz of policy actions to reorient the U.S. government.
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.
Alaska Native leaders, as well as state politicians, object that the order undoes years of work with the federal government ...
The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack ...
President Trump has given the Interior Department 30 days to rename the highest point in North American Mount McKinley, ...
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be ...
The peak was known as Mount McKinley until 2015, when President Obama changed it in recognition of its 10,000 year old original Alaskan name ...