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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.

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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.

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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.

Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in honor of Cherokee people who consider the mountain sacred

The federal board on Sept. 18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, the observation tower-topped mountain ...

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Great Smoky Mountains ditches name of Confederate general

The peak became known as Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey by geographer Arnold Guyot, who named it for Thomas Lanier ...

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It's official: Clingmans Dome renamed to honor Cherokee heritage

Clingmans Dome, one of the most popular sites in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is officially renamed Kuwohi.

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‘A refuge:’ Advocate shares history behind Kuwohi after Clingmans Dome name change

This week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky ...

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