The new name for the site in Great Smoky Mountains National Park means “mulberry place.” Clingmans Dome is no more, as federal authorities on Wednesday approved affixing the Cherokee name ...
18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, the observation tower-topped ... the tribe hid from U.S. soldiers during the forced Trail of Tears march to the West. First Peoples Mountain ...
(WATE) — After years of efforts to change the name of Clingmans Dome back to its Cherokee name ... forced relocation to Oklahoma, or the Trail of Tears. “The Great Smoky National Park team ...
18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, the observation tower-topped ... the tribe hid from U.S. soldiers during the forced Trail of Tears march to the West. First Peoples Mountain ...
It was the latest development in a years-long effort to rename Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi (koo-WHOA-hee), the traditional Cherokee name for the mountain the structure is built on. It means ...
The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, according to a news ...
What was formerly known as Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, has now been restored to its traditional Cherokee name Kuwohi. The U.S. Board on Geographic Names approved ...
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 ...
The federal board on Sept. 18 unanimously approved the renaming of Clingmans Dome, the observation tower-topped mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eastern Band of the Cherokee ...
Kuwohi is once again the name of a popular summit in Great Smoky Mountains National Park following a vote to change it from Clingmans Dome. Photo from the National Park Service What was formerly ...