National Parks Traveler16d
From Confederate general to Cherokee heritage: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters
It’s not every day that the name of a mountain is restored to the one used by Indigenous peoples for centuries.
OKC Thunder Wire27d
How Great Smoky Mountains' highest peak reclaimed historic name | Word from the Smokies:
The Cherokee people have a long and rich history in the Great Smoky Mountains. where Kuwohi is “the closest place you’ll be ...
SFGate18d
From Confederate general to Cherokee heritage: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters
In fact, the name Kuwohi translates to “the mulberry place” in Tsalagi, the Cherokee language. Though known as Kuwohi by the Cherokee people for hundreds of years, explorer Arnold Guyot ...
Knoxville News Sentinel26d
How Great Smoky Mountains' highest peak reclaimed historic name | Word from the Smokies:
Great Smoky Mountains National Park was among the many stakeholders that supported the name change, taking action to recognize the Cherokee connection to Kuwohi two years before the final vote ...