Highest Peak Of Great Smoky Mountains Returns To Its Cherokee Name
The highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains, formerly known as Clingmans Dome, has officially returned to its Cherokee name: Kuwohi (pronounced koo-WHOA-hee). The decision comes after the US Board of Geographic Names voted in favor of a request put forward by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi
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.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park peak reverting to Cherokee name
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park back to its Cherokee name.
Great Smoky Mountains’ highest peak reclaims Cherokee name after 150 years
The highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be renamed Kuwohi, reverting to its Cherokee name after more than 150 years.
Clingmans Dome no more: Cherokee name for Great Smoky Mountains' highest peak restored
Kuwohi, which translates to “mulberry place” in Cherokee, replaces Clingmans Dome, a name that honored Thomas Clingman, an expelled U.S. senator-turned-Confederate brigadier general who, as a lawyer, defended settlers’ claims on Cherokee land. Clingman is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Asheville.
Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in honor of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
The effort to change the name was led by Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who first settled the mountain in the Smokies and consider it sacred.
Popular Smoky Mountains peak Clingmans Dome regains its historical Cherokee name
What was formerly known as Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, has now been restored to its traditional Cherokee name Kuwohi. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved the change Sept. 18, the National Park Service announced.
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians celebrates as Clingman's Dome renamed Kuwohi
What has been known for years as Clingman's Dome, one of the most popular places to visit in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, has been renamed.
Clingmans Dome reverting to Cherokee name 'Kuwohi'
One of the most visited national parks in the country and a major tourist attraction for Middle Tennesseans now has a new name.
Fed board replaces ‘Clingmans Dome’ with Cherokee name ‘Kuwohi’
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. T
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