Federal board unanimously approves restoring 'Kuwohi' name to highest point in Great Smoky Mountains
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names voted, 20-0, to restore the "Kuwohi" name to a mountain traditionally used by the Cherokee ...
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Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in honor of Cherokee people who consider the mountain sacred
The effort to change the name was led by Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who first settled the mountain and consider it ...