Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters

But after nearly two years of trying, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians finally convinced the U.S. Board on Geographic Names on Sept. 18, ...

18 to agree to rename the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Tennessee to Kuwohi (koo-whoa-hee). The mountain, known as ...

The Conversation: Why Returning the Name Kuwohi to the Great ...

18 to formally agree to rename the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Tennessee to Kuwohi (koo-whoa-hee). The mountain, ...

Kuwohi name restored in the Smokies. Why does this matter?

For the Cherokee it means more than “mulberry place”, it is a sacred place—the highest point within their traditional homeland and in the Great ...

Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters

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Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters

18, 2024, to formally agree to rename the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Tennessee to Kuwohi (koo-whoa-hee). The ...

Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains ...

From Confederate general to Cherokee heritage: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters.

Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters

Restoring Clingmans Dome to its original name of Kuwohi is a significant example of place name repatriation, or the return of an Indigenous ...

Knox News on X: "Opinion: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the ...

Opinion: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters https://t.co/BXsRALMGko.

Kuwohi: Smoky Mountains' highest peak returns to Native American ...

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 ...

Kuwohi name restored to the highest peak in the Smokies

The mountain became known as Clingmans Dome following an 1859 survey by geographer Arnold Guyot, named for Thomas Lanier Clingman who was a ...

The Smoky Mountains' highest peak returns to Native American name

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 ...

The Smoky Mountains' highest peak returns to Native American name

“The Great Smoky National Park team was proud to support this effort to officially restore the mountain and to recognize its importance to the ...

Kuwohi name restored to the highest peak in the Smokies

Efforts are already underway to update signage, website and other materials with the Kuwohi name. “The Great Smoky National Park team was proud ...

Victor Asal on X: "From Confederate general to Cherokee heritage ...

From Confederate general to Cherokee heritage: Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters @ConversationUS Seth T.

Clingmans Dome name change proposal approved, Kuwohi ... - WATE

Clingmans Dome name change proposal approved, Kuwohi name restored to Smokies mountain ... GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — After years of efforts to ...

Kuwohi name restored as BGN approves application

The US Board on Geographic Names (BGN) approved an application on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024 that restores the name of Clingman's Dome, in the Great Smoky ...

Cherokee Name Kuwohi Officially Replaces Clingmans Dome

In 1859, the mountain's name was changed to Clingmans Dome after Thomas Lanier Clingman, who served as a lawyer, a U.S. Representative and ...

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians celebrates as Clingman's Dome ...

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians celebrates as Clingman's Dome renamed Kuwohi ... GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK (WLOS) — What has been known ...

Highest Peak Of Great Smoky Mountains Returns To Its Cherokee ...

The highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains, formerly known as Clingmans Dome, has officially returned to its Cherokee name: Kuwohi ...