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Clingmans Dome, Cherokee
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.
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.
Great Smoky Mountains National Park peak reverting to Cherokee name
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park back to its Cherokee name.
Clingmans Dome no more: Cherokee name for Great Smoky Mountains' highest peak restored
Kuwohi, which translates to “mulberry place” in Cherokee, replaces Clingmans Dome, a name that honored Thomas Clingman, an expelled U.S. senator-turned-Confederate brigadier general who, as a lawyer, defended settlers’ claims on Cherokee land. Clingman is buried in Riverside Cemetery in Asheville.
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.
Highest peak in the Smokies park regains ancient name of Kuwohi
The highest point in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a new name. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names agreed Wednesday to rename Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, the Cherokee name for the mountain that means “mulberry place,
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 than 150 years.
Popular Smoky Mountains peak Clingmans Dome regains its historical Cherokee name
What was formerly known as Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, has now been restored to its traditional Cherokee name Kuwohi. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved the change Sept. 18, the National Park Service announced.
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 Clingman, a Confederate Brigadier General as well as a lawyer, US Representative and Senator from North Carolina, according to the park.
'Sacred': Cherokee name in, Confederate general out for Tennessee's highest mountain
Fed board replaces ‘Clingmans Dome’ with Cherokee name ‘Kuwohi’
Clingmans Dome is no more, as federal authorities on Wednesday approved affixing the Cherokee name Kuwohi to one of Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s most iconic features. T
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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 in ...
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Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians celebrates as Clingman's Dome renamed Kuwohi
What has been known for years as Clingman's Dome, one of the most popular places to visit in the Great Smoky Mountains ...
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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 ...
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