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CNN on MSN · 20h

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.

The Cincinnati Enquirer · 18h

Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in honor of Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

The effort to change the name was led by Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians, who first settled the mountain in the Smokies and consider it sacred.

Wide Open Spaces on MSN · 13h

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.

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

The name translates to “the mulberry place.” The 6,643-foot Kuwohi is one of the most popular sites in Great Smoky ...

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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 ...

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Great Smoky Mountains ditches name of Confederate general

The peak became known as Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey by geographer Arnold Guyot, who named it for Thomas Lanier ...

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Superintendent of Great Smoky Mountains National Park leaving to head up Yosemite Conservancy

Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Cassius Cash is leaving the National Park Service. He has been chosen as ...

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