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.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has suggested ...
The pledge to rename Denali was opposed by environmental groups and Alaskan politicians, including Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa ...
The Alaskan mountain, now known as Mount Denali, will revert back to its previous name Mount McKinley, which was changed by ...
A view of Denali, North America's highest peak, in 2015, the year then-president Barack Obama changed its name from Mount McKinley to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and acknowledge ...
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