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Smoky Mountains, Cherokee
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.
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 and consider it sacred.
Highest peak in Smoky Mountains has a new name
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted on 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 release from the park.
USA Today
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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 ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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Clingmans Dome in Smoky Mountains reverts to its Cherokee name, Kuwohi
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — 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 ...
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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 ...
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