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Congress agreed, and Mount McKinley National Park was signed into existence on February 26, 1917.

Changing the official name of Mount McKinley National Park to Denali, as President Obama recently did, changes our understanding of the land, recognizing 11,000 years of Athabaskan history over a gold miner’s very large plug for his favored presidential candidate.

Because of the abundant and diverse wildlife near the mountain, Mount McKinley National Park was established in 1917, and thus, the mountain received its official federal name.

Congress made the name official in 1917 with an act signed by President Woodrow Wilson that established the Mount McKinley National Park in Alaska.

They note names of several national monuments have changed, such as Denali National Park in Alaska, which used to be called Mount McKinley National Park.