Denali and its surrounding areas are the ancestral homelands of the Dena’ina, Koyukon, Lower Tanana, Upper Kuskokwim, and Western Ahtna. “Each group has their own language and traditions ...

Athabascans to the north and west of the range referred to “the high one” with varying names, including Deenalee in the Koyukon language, Denaze in Upper Kuskokwim and Denadhe in Tanana ...

Angela Hayden, a teacher in Sleetmute, a small village along the upper Kuskokwim, has been taking her students down to the river weekly since January to measure ice thickness. “It’s been super ...