Denali National Park and Preserve is a sacred place for many Indigenous people. | Credit: Alan Musy - ADM PhotoGraphics / Getty Images Denali National Park and Preserve checks all of the Alaska ...

In 1970, Alaskan mountaineer and doctor Grace Hoeman led the first all-women’s attempt to summit Denali — which was, in fact, the first all-female attempt at any of the world’s big peaks.

In 2015, under former President Obama, the Department of the Interior officially changed the mountain’s name from Mount McKinley to Denali, 40 years after Alaska made the same name change.

Alaska's Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America's tallest peak as Denali — weeks after President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling ...