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 suggested ...

Place names are more than just labels on a map. They influence how people learn about the world around them and perceive ...

President Trump is moving to change the name of Alaska’s tallest peak back to McKinley. Some 95% of respondents to our question want him to back off.

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 ...

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.

The Gulf of Mexico was rechristened the Gulf of America, while Denali, the highest mountain in North America, reverted to Mount McKinley — which it was called in the sight of the US government ...

She added that when the federal government adopted Denali as the official naming in 2015, there was "confusion among ...

A 29-year-old skier from Washington died in an avalanche in Alaska’s Denali National Park and Preserve, making it the second death this season, officials said. Nicholas Vizzini was caught in the ...

Mount Denali was previously known as Mount McKinley, named after Ohio native President McKinley in 1896. The name found its way into legislation in 1917; In the years that followed, controversy ...

A 41-year-old man who fell to his death earlier this week had recently recovered from North America's highest mountain.

N Muthamizh Selvi from Tamil Nadu achieved a historic feat by conquering Mount McKinley, completing the 'Seven Summits' ...