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 Mary Crowe. Principal Chief Michell Hicks submitted the formal name-change application last January, including more than 150 pages of background materials and letters of support from local governments and others.
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Clingmans Dome name change proposal to be reviewed by US Board on Geographic NamesKuwohi, as Clingmans Dome is known by the Cherokee ... the spelling had been “Kuwahi” but a later update from the ...
Federal board unanimously approves restoring 'Kuwohi' name to highest point in Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — UPDATE (9/18): The U.S. Board of Geographic Names has approved restoring the "Kuwohi" name to Clingmans Dome with a vote of 20-0. In 2022, the Eastern Band of ...
Investigators say Timothy Patrick James McCauley died when his car, a Chevy Cobalt, launched off the Clingmans Dome Road “and landed” 50 feet below. McCauley is from Farmington, Missouri ...
Clingmans Dome is not only the highest point in Tennessee, but also in the park itself. On a clear day, you may be able to see more than 100 miles. Take a jacket along – even in the summer ...
Mary was cremated and her ashes spread in a private ceremony on Clingmans Dome (Kuwohi) in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in August 2024. Mary was born in Hastings, Nebraska on October ...
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The name change proposal for Clingmans Dome to become Kuwohi, the Cherokee word for “mulberry place,” on a federal level is slated to be reviewed by the U.S. Board ...
The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years ...
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