Trump's decision is being met with resistance, as many Alaska lawmakers, including its two Republican Senators, have voiced opposition to the change.
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.
As part of a torrent of decisions he issued hours after taking office, President Donald Trump declared that the name of ...
The tallest peak in North America has been named Denali since 2015 when its name was officially changed under former President Barack Obama.
President Trump has given the Interior Department 30 days to rename the highest point in North American Mount McKinley, ...
President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert ...
The president made the name change through one of dozens of executive orders he signed on Monday. Former President Barack ...
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 made a series of sweeping pronouncements in his inaugural address, including a pledge to restore the name of Mount McKinley to North America’s tallest peak. Denali was renamed ...
President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be ...
Ahead of his inauguration on Monday, it was revealed that Trump would sign an order to rename Denali as Mount McKinley (and rename the Gulf of Mexico ). Why does renaming an Alaskan peak rise to the ...