Topline. President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday renaming Denali—the highest peak in North America—to Mount McKinley, the Alaska mountain’s name prior to 2015, a move he has ...

Mount McKinley — the name given a century ago in honor of Republican President William McKinley, a native Buckeye who was assassinated in 1901 — will now be known as Denali, or "the high one ...

Another McKinley fan Denali is seen from the Petersville area on Oct. 23, 2016. (Loren Holmes / Alaska Dispatch News) Trump first floated the idea of renaming Denali as Mount McKinley in a White ...

I am 25 and I have never heard anyone call it Mt. Mckinley. It’s always been Denali. — R., Palmer. Le nom donné aux autochtones à cette majestueuse montagne. — Laurence, France.

Over the decades, people in Alaska have called it both Denali and Mount McKinley, said Sondra Shaginoff-Stuart, an associate professor of Alaska Native studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Alaska's U.S. senators in 2017 vehemently opposed a prior suggestion by Trump that the name Denali be changed back to Mount McKinley. By The Associated Press • Published January 20, 2025 ...

She added that when the federal government adopted Denali as the official naming in 2015, there was "confusion among travelers from outside [the state], as Mount McKinley was the widely known name ...

First, the news you probably know: William McKinley was born and buried in Ohio and never set foot in Alaska. He served in the Union Army before representing his state in Congress and went on to ...

Mt. McKinley's former and again-current name, "Denali," does not mean "black power" in the non-existent "Kenyan" language (or any other language). Snopes Membership Search ...

Denali, once called Mount McKinley, is the tallest mountain in North America. Located in south-central Alaska, the mountain's peak is 20,310 feet (6,190 meters) above sea level, also making it the ...

Mount McKinley — the 20,237-foot mountain and the tallest in North America — has been renamed Denali, as it was originally known by Alaska Natives before it was renamed to honor President ...