In 2015, the name of the peak was changed during the Obama administration to reflect the traditions of Alaska Natives and ...
Mapmakers and teachers are re-thinking what to call the gulf of water between Mexico, the United States and Cuba after President Donald Trump ordered it renamed from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of ...
Trump's decision is being met with resistance, as many Alaska lawmakers, including its two Republican Senators, have voiced opposition to the change.
Trump reversed protections for Alaskan wilderness, opening up the state to more oil and gas development and logging on federal lands.
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 ...
The Associated Press says it will recognize President Donald Trump’s plans to change the name of Alaska’s Mount Denali to Mount McKinley — but will stop short of switching from calling the Gulf of ...
President Donald Trump has issued a flurry of executive orders — including one to change the official name of North America's tallest mountain.
Alaska's top lawmakers oppose Trump's plan to rename Denali back to Mount McKinley, advocating for the name that honors the region's Indigenous heritage.
Although it may seem awkward to revert to a name not originally associated with the mountain, Trump’s decision reflects a return to American traditions.
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. The body of water has shared borders between the ...