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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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Clingmans Dome name change proposal approved, Kuwohi name restored to Smokies mountain

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. The

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The Smoky Mountains' highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi

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The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak returns to Native American name

The Cherokee name for the mountain translates to “mulberry place.”

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GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — 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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The Smoky Mountains' Highest Peak Is Reverting to the Cherokee Name Kuwohi

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — After years of efforts to change the name of Clingmans Dome back to its Cherokee name, the highest peak in the Smokies is having its name restored to Kuwohi. On September 18, the U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted in favor of the request submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) to change the name of Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi. The BGN, which is part of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is responsible f…

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The effort to change the name was led by Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who first settled the mountain and consider it sacred.

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Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in honor of Cherokee people who consider the mountain sacred

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Kuwohi is the Cherokee name for the mountain and has always been known as that to the Cherokee people.

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Highest peak in Smokies restored to original Cherokee name, Kuwohi

Cameron Henderson  		18 September 2024 11:45pm The highest mountain in Mississippi is to officially drop the name of a Confederate general. The US Board of Geographic Names voted on Wednesday to change the name of Clingmans Dome in Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Kuwohi, following a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Named after a confederate general for the past 150 years, the peak will now be known by its traditional Che…

The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi

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