then changed to Denali in 2015 during President Barack Obama’s second term. The executive order signed Monday by Trump directs the U.S. Interior Department secretary to officially revive the ...

The tallest mountain in the United States has been officially reverted to Mount McKinley, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced in a press release Friday. The official action comes four days ...

Mr. Obama was paying tribute to the state’s Native population, which has referred to the site for generations as Denali, meaning “the high one” or “the great one.” Needless to say ...

In 1917, the federal government named it Mount McKinley to honor President McKinley but the name was changed to Denali in 2015 by then-President Barack Obama in a nod to Alaska Native tribes.

The state adopted the Denali name in 1975, though it wasn’t until 2015 that then-President Barack Obama restored the mountain’s Indigenous name, recognizing its deep cultural significance.