The U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names Committee voted unanimously to change the name of a popular spot in the ...

The renaming caps an effort begun in 2022 by two enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Lavita Hill and ...

Kuwohi, which translates to “mulberry place” in Cherokee, replaces Clingmans Dome, a name that honored Thomas Clingman, an expelled U.S. senator-turned-Confederate brigadier general who, as a lawyer, ...

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 ...

What was formerly known as Clingmans Dome, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains, has now been restored to its ...

This week, the U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved restoring the name Kuwohi to Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Hill and her friend Mary Crowe, who are tribal ...

(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 ...

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted today in favor of the formal request submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) to change the name of Clingmans Dome (FID #1326387 ...

The US Board of Geographic Names voted on 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 ...