Federal board restores Cherokee name for Smokies' highest peak
WEB10 hours ago · The proposal followed an effort started by two EBCI members Lavita Hill and Mary Crowe in 2022. In a Sept. 19 phone interview with the Citizen Times, Hill said the name restoration is "an ...
Highest Peak Of Great Smoky Mountains Returns To Its Cherokee …
WEBLavita Hill and Mary Crowe, members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, launched a movement to restore the title of Kuwohi after Mount Doane in Yellowstone National Park was renamed First ...
Kuwohi name restored to the highest peak in the Smokies
WEB3 days ago · The proposal was submitted in January of this year by EBCI Principal Chief Michell Hicks following an effort started in 2022 by Lavita Hill and Mary Crowe, both enrolled EBCI members, to restore the traditional name of the summit. Kuwohi is one of the most popular sites in Great Smoky Mountains National Park …
Smoky Mountains peak now called by Cherokee name 'Kuwohi'
WEB1 day ago · The U.S. Board of Geographic Names this week approved a formal request by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The effort was started in 2022 by band members Mary Crowe and Lavita Hill, who ...
EBCI member expresses gratitude after Kuwohi name restored - WKRN News 2
WEB1 day ago · News / Sep 19, 2024 / 08:22 AM CDT. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal member Lavita Hill shares her emotions after the Cherokee name Kuwohi was restored to the highest peak in the Smokies by ...
'A refuge:' Advocate shares history behind Kuwohi, Clingmans …
WEB1 day ago · KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — They say a mountain’s view is best after a hard climb, and Lavita Hill knows this all too well after more than two years of effort to restore the Cherokee name ...
EBCI member expresses gratitude after Kuwohi name restored
WEB1 day ago · Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians tribal member Lavita Hill shares her emotions after the Cherokee name Kuwohi was restored to the highest peak in the Smokies by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names ...
Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in honor of Cherokee people …
WEBRichard Sneed, principal chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and Lavita Hill are photographed at Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022.
Effort begins locally to restore indigenous name to Clingman’s …
WEBJul 21, 2022 · This effort, organized locally by EBCI tribal members Lavita Hill and Mary Crowe, follows similar success of the restoration of names of locations on other federal lands in the country, including, recently the renaming of Mount Doane (a military general who led a massacre of a band of Piegan Blackfeet in 1870) in Yellowstone National Park as ...
Cherokee women recognized by State of Tennessee for Kuwohi …
WEBApr 26, 2023 · Mary “Missy” Crowe and Lavita Hill, both members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), were honored by the Tennessee General Assembly recently with the passage of Bill H.J.R.452.