Denali

For most Alaskans, there’s only one name for the mountain known as Denali.

By renaming the peak Denali, an Athabascan word meaning “the high one,” Obama is wading into a sensitive and decades-old conflict between residents of Alaska and Ohio.

For most Alaskans, there’s only one name for the mountain known as Denali.

By renaming the peak Denali, an Athabascan word meaning “the high one,” Obama is wading into a sensitive and decades-old conflict between residents of Alaska and Ohio.