In 1970, six climbers set out to summit Denali, North America’s highest peak, in the first all-women’s attempt at any of the world’s big mountains. Their feat unjustly faded from history ...

he and others say there is no disputing that the name of that mountain — North America’s tallest — is the Indigenous word Denali. Never mind President Donald Trump’s announcement just ...

And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

The park containing the mountain retains its current name, Denali National Park and Preserve, as per the order. The directive tasks the Secretary of the Interior, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum ...

Lisa Murkowski introduced federal legislation on Thursday that would officially designate North America’s highest mountain as Denali, refuting an executive order from President Donald Trump.

Burgum was North Dakota’s governor from 2016 to 2024 ... From 2015 to 2025, it was known as Denali, the name given to it by the Koyukon people. The executive order did not change the name ...

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Fargo climber Lee Hoedl on the summit Denali in Alaska ... who got his undergraduate degree and two master’s degrees from North Dakota State in the 1980s, thought an Everest summit was in ...

Alaska's Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America's tallest peak as Denali — weeks after President Donald Trump issued an executive order calling ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska’s Republican U.S. senators have introduced legislation seeking to designate North America’s tallest peak as Denali — weeks after President Donald Trump issued ...