The effort to change the name was led by Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who first settled the mountain in the Smokies ...
This week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky ...
What was formerly known as Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, has now been restored to its ...
The renaming caps an effort begun in 2022 by two enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Lavita Hill and ...
Kuwohi is a sacred place for the Cherokee people and is the highest point within the traditional Cherokee homeland.
The U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names Committee voted unanimously to change the name of a popular spot in the ...
The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years ...
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains ...
The U-S Board of Geographic Names has voted to approve a petition from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, restoring the ...
The peak became known as Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey by geographer Arnold Guyot, who named it for Thomas Lanier ...