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 on Monday vowed to rename North America's tallest peak, Denali in Alaska, as MountMcKinley — reviving an idea he floated years ago that at that time saw strong pushback ...