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

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

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

After years of efforts to change the name of Clingmans Dome back to its Cherokee name, the highest peak in the Smokies is ...

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, ...

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

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names on Wednesday voted to change the name of the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains ...

Kuwohi is a sacred place for the Cherokee people and is the highest point within the traditional Cherokee homeland.

Clingmans Dome, one of the most popular sites in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is officially renamed Kuwohi.

The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday to officially change the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains ...

The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years ...