News and Updates

02
October
2015

Denali – “the high one”

Denali – “the high one” In August, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell decreed that Mt. McKinley would be officially named Denali, a Koyukon Athabascan word meaning “the high one.” The…
01
October
2015

Tlax_satanjín – “idle hands”

Tlax_satanjín – “idle hands” In March, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names officially recognized a peak near Juneau as Tlaxsatanjín, a decision for the record books. It’s the first geographic feature…