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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 and consider it sacred.

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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 ... a request earlier this year to change the name “Clingmans Dome” back to its Cherokee name “Kuwohi ...

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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.

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‘A refuge:’ Advocate shares history behind Kuwohi after Clingmans Dome name change

This week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky ...

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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 ...

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Clingmans Dome in Smoky Mountains reverts to its Cherokee name, Kuwohi

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, is America’s most visited national park, and Kuwohi is one its most popular sites, with more than 650,000 visitors ...

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Clingmans Dome Trail - Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The Clingmans Dome trail takes you to the highest point in Tennessee, providing sweeping views of the Great Smoky ...

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