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 ...

A $700,000 grant from the Lowe’s Foundation helps Alaska Works Partnership train 500 more people in construction over the ...

In a time of uncertainty, where environmental challenges grow more complex and the future feels unpredictable, two UC Santa ...

Professor Menka is a Denaakk’e (Koyukon Athabaskan) and Lumbee Assistant Professor of Law who teaches and writes about Indigenous Peoples and Native Nations, constitutional law, legal history, ...

Brothers Greg and Ricky Taylor have spent the last five months preparing for the 2025 "Open" World Championship Sled Dog Race in Anchorage, Alaska, where Greg finished in third place on Sunday, ...

Greg Taylor, Koyukon Athabascan, is shown here competing in the 2025 "Open" World Championship Sled Dog Race, held Feb. 21-23, 2025, in Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of Monica Taylor) Greg and ...

Denali is a Koyukon Athabascan word that means “the high one” — the tallest mountain in North America — and was referred to as Denali until 1896, when it was rechristened Mount McKinley by gold ...

The mountain was originally named after President William McKinley in 1917, but was changed to Denali in 2015 by Barack Obama, restoring its Indigenous Koyukon Athabascan name, meaning "the great ...

But over that century, Alaskans, climbers, and many others still called it by the name it had held for millennia: Denali, which is Koyukon Athabaskan for “The Great One.” President Obama ...

"Denali" was the original name of the mountain in the Athabaskan language of Alaska natives. In a Jan. 23 announcement, the AP wrote that it would be changing its style guide – which is often ...

On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order titled “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness” instructing the US Board on Geographic Names (BGN), a federal body ...