The federal board on Sept. 18 unanimously approved the renaming of ClingmansDome, the observation tower-topped mountain in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eastern Band of the Cherokee ...
It was the latest development in a years-long effort to rename ClingmansDome 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 has voted to approve a petition from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, restoring the Cherokee name to ClingmansDome. The mountain will now be officially ...
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 ClingmansDome (FID #1326387 ...
Kuwohi is once again the name of a popular summit in Great Smoky Mountains National Park following a vote to change it from ClingmansDome. Photo from the National Park Service What was formerly ...
You may know the mountain as ClingmansDome. But, after a formal request was submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), the name was changed to Kuwohi. Kuwohi (pronounced ...
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