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 ...
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 Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of ...