Heading to Denali Backcountry Lodge, True Wilderness Deep in Denali via helicopter. The Koyukon are a people of Alaskan Athabaskans (also known as Dena), who settled in the interior area north of the mountain. In 1975, the state of Alaska requested that the mountain be officially recognized as Denali, as it was still the common name used in the state and was traditional among Alaska Native peoples for thousands of years. #denali #mountdenali #denalinationalpark #mountains #alaska #helicopter #in