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The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak returns to Native American name

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 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,

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash Stepping Down

Cassius Cash, the superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is leaving the park service to become CEO of the Yosemite Conservancy.

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park Changes Name Of Tallest Mountain From Confederate General To Cherokee Name

Jason Sponseller/Shutterstock Out with the old, in with the new as they say. Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced that it's making a major name change to its tallest peak. Clingmans Dome will now be called Kuwohi.

Great Smoky Mountains Firefighters Faced with Steep Challenges as 46-Acre Flint Gap Fire Eludes Containment

The Flint Gap Fire in the Great Smoky Mountains remains at 46 acres with ongoing firefighting efforts amid tough terrain.

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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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'The trails you are walking are trails created by my people' | Kuwohi name restored to Great Smoky Mountains' highest point

"His family said it's about time," Crowe said. Crowe also said she hopes locals and tourists feel a spiritual connection in ...

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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 ...

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