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.

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 ...

President Donald Trump announced the name of Alaska’s highest peak — and North America’s tallest at over 20,000 feet — Denali ...

Trump's decision is being met with resistance, as many Alaska lawmakers, including its two Republican Senators, have voiced opposition to the change.

President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for North America’s tallest peak — Denali in Alaska — to be ...

The mountain was previously called Mount McKinley, after the Ohio native former president. The name was officially changed in 2015.

A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the background. President-elect Donald Trump has once again suggested he wants to revert the name ...

The 20,000-foot peak, located in Denali National Park and Preserve in south-central Alaska, had been known as Mount McKinley since 1917. The name honoured the 25th US president, William McKinley ...

US President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to rename Alaska's Mount Denali ... aims to reverse this change and restore the name to Mount McKinley. "They took his name off Mount McKinley.

A new plan by President-Elect Donald Trump to undo one of President Barack Obama’s legacies has sparked a backlash in Alaska. Trump, in a speech on Sunday, said he wants the name of North America’s ...

In 2015, former President Barack Obama officially renamed the mountain Denali, siding with Alaska and ending a long debate over its name. The mountain had been called Mount McKinley since 1917.