Kuwohi name restored to the highest peak in the Smokies
WEB3 days ago · News Release Date: September 18, 2024 Contact: Katie Liming GATLINBURG, Tenn.—The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted today in favor of the formal request submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) to change the name of Clingmans Dome (FID #1326387) to Kuwohi (pronounced koo-WHOA-hee).
Kuwohi: Smoky Mountains’ highest peak returns to Native …
WEB1 day ago · The US Board of Geographic Names voted on Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, according to a news ...
Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in Great Smoky Mountains …
WEB3 days ago · The federal board on Sept. 18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, the observation tower-topped mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eastern Band of the Cherokee ...
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians celebrates as Clingman's Dome …
WEB1 day ago · FILE - Clingman's Dome, one of the most popular places to visit in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has been renamed to Kuwohi after the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians petitioned to ...
The Smoky Mountains' highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi
WEB2 days ago · Updated 12:21 PM PDT, September 18, 2024. GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted on Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of ...
Fed board replaces ‘Clingmans Dome’ with Cherokee name ‘Kuwohi’
WEB1 day ago · Clingmans Dome is no more, as federal authorities on Wednesday approved affixing the Cherokee name Kuwohi to one of Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s most iconic features. The vote by the ...
Clingmans Dome renamed to its original Cherokee name, Kuwohi ...
WEB2 days ago · Kuwohi is a sacred place for the Cherokee people and is the highest point within the traditional Cherokee homeland. ... You may know the mountain as Clingmans Dome. ... MORE WAYS TO GET WFMY NEWS 2 .
Federal Board Votes to Restore Clingmans Dome Name Back to Kuwohi
WEB3 days ago · Posted on September 18, 2024. Gatlinburg, TN (WOKI) The U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names Committee voted, unanimously, today (Wednesday) to change the name of a popular spot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. It’s the latest development in a years-long effort to rename Clingmans Dome to …
'The trails you are walking are trails created by my people' | Kuwohi ...
WEB1 day ago · Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The U.S. Board of Geographic Names has approved restoring the "Kuwohi" name to a location in the Great Smoky Mountains, with a vote of 20-0.
Kuwohi name restored to Clingmans Dome after name change
WEB2 days ago · GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — After years of efforts to change the name of Clingmans Dome back to its Cherokee name, the highest peak in the Smokies is having its name restored to Kuwohi. On ...
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