A common sentiment in Alaska is that while President Donald Trump has ordered the name of North America’s tallest peak to be changed from Denali to McKinley, Alaskans will call it what they want.

The name change is likely to face some pushback in Alaska, where politicians and Alaska Natives alike have long favored calling the mountain Denali. The name, given by the Koyukon Athabascans ...

President Trump has ordered the name of North America's tallest peak to revert from Denali to its former name: Mount McKinley. We want to hear from you: What should Alaska's highest mountain be ...

At 20,310 feet tall, Denali is visible for hundreds of miles around. For thousands of years, it has been called not just Denali but a variety of names by Alaska Native people living around the ...

A plane is silhouetted against Denali while doing touch and gos at the Talkeetna airport in January 2015. (Bill Roth / ADN) On his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump issued ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to correctly identify Denali. (NEXSTAR) — President Donald Trump is set to hit the ground running as he takes office for the second time on Monday.

Denali was renamed in 2015 by former President Barack Obama’s Department of the Interior, honoring the peak’s name in Native American cultures within Alaska and at the request of numerous ...

Denali (Formerly Mount McKinley) / Jacob Loyacano - Shutterstock Efforts to restore the mountain’s original name began in the mid-20th century, gaining momentum as Alaskan Native organizations ...

A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna in 2021 with Denali in the background. (Mark Thiessen/Associated Press) President Donald Trump on Monday issued an executive order to change the ...

Obama changed the name to Denali in 2015 to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives as well as the preference of many Alaska residents."Denali" is an Athabascan word meaning "the high one" or ...

FILE - A boat is seen on the Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska, on Sunday, June 13, 2021, with Denali in the background. Denali, the tallest mountain on the North American continent ...

Subscribe today. On Monday, January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Alaska’s 20,310-foot Denali, the highest peak in North America. The mountain’s name ...