Mount McKinley was officially renamed Denali in 2015, ending a century-long naming controversy. The decision was announced by ...

Denali National Park is officially renaming the mountain Mount McKinley, reversing the 2015 decision to restore the ...

(RNS) — In his second inauguration address on Monday (Jan. 20), President Donald Trump repeated his customary campaign speech promises to improve the United States’ credibility around the ...

In 1975 the Alaska Geographic Names Board changed Mount McKinley to Denali and, at former Gov. Jay Hammond’s request, the Alaska Legislature asked the U.S. Board on Geographic Names to follow suit.

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.