The effort to change the name was led by Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who first settled the mountain in the Smokies ...
Kuwohi is a sacred place for the Cherokee people and is the highest point within the traditional Cherokee homeland.
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names on Wednesday voted to change the name of the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains ...
The renaming caps an effort begun in 2022 by two enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Lavita Hill and ...
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names Committee voted unanimously to change the name of a popular spot in the ...
After years of efforts to change the name of Clingmans Dome back to its Cherokee name, the highest peak in the Smokies is ...
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, according to a news ...
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names has approved a formal request submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to change ...