The resolution came from Rep. Maxine Dibert, a Democrat who is Koyukon Athabascan. She noted that Denali is a Koyukon Athabascan word meaning “the high one," but said Denali is not just a name.
Before then, Indigenous groups had their own names for it, including Denali, or “the tall one," in the language of the Athabascan people. The mountain was formally recognized as Denali in 2015 under ...