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 ...
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 ...
'Sacred': Cherokee name in, Confederate general out for Tennessee's highest mountain
The highest peak in the sprawling Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now called by its Cherokee name 'Kuwohi.' ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park's highest peak reverts to Native American name Kuwohi
The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, is officially reverting to ...
Great Smoky Mountains ditches name of Confederate general
The US Board of Geographic Names voted to change the name of Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Kuwohi ...
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Fed board replaces ‘Clingmans Dome’ with Cherokee name ‘Kuwohi’
The renaming caps an effort begun in 2022 by two enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Lavita Hill and ...
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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 ...
Tennessee national park's highest peak reverts to Native American name
The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, is officially reverting to ...
Clingmans Dome is now Kuwohi
Kuwohi is 6,643 feet and is the third-highest mountain east of the Mississippi River. It was named Clingmans Dome in 1859 by ...
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 ...