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+ READ ARTICLE. President Barack Obama announced Sunday that he would restore the original Native American name to the tallest peak in North America: Mount McKinley will once again be Denali.
Obama administration renames Mount McKinley to Denali. WASHINGTON â President Obama's three-day trip to Alaska this week will literally change the map of the nation's 49th state. Mount McKinley â the 20,237-foot mountain and the tallest in North America â has been renamed Denali, as it was originally known by Alaska Natives before it was renamed to honor President William McKinley. 1  The mountain, which sits in the 6 million-acre Denali national park, has been known as Denali in Alaska since 1975.