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 ...
The president wants to honor a predecessor, William McKinley, by returning his name to North America’s highest peak. The ...
Denali Denali (21,310 ft.), located in Alaska’s Denali National Park, the highest peak in North America and a member of the ...
JUNEAU — Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy said Wednesday that he would seek out a conversation with President Donald Trump about his ...
President Donald Trump said the Gulf of Mexico will be called the Gulf of America, while the Denali mountain peak will revert ...
Trump said he planned to “restore the name of a great president, William McKinley, to Mount McKinley, where it should be and ...
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum joked that if Trump went ahead with the renaming, her country would rename North America ...
Gov. Mike Dunleavy joined Alaska’s News Source in the studio to discuss President Trump’s executive orders involving Alaska and what the future may hold for the state.
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