Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina

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

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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Great Smoky Mountains’ highest peak reclaims Cherokee name after 150 years

The highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park will be renamed Kuwohi, reverting to its Cherokee name after more than 150 years.

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

18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, the observation tower-topped mountain in the Great Smoky ...

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 ...

Atlanta Journal-Constitution16h

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 ...

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'The trails you are walking are trails created by my people' | Kuwohi name restored to Great Smoky Mountains' highest point

"His family said it's about time," Crowe said. Crowe also said she hopes locals and tourists feel a spiritual connection in ...

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