The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name ClingmansDome to Kuwohi, according to a news ...
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 ...
After years of efforts to change the name of Clingmans Dome back to its Cherokee name, the highest peak in the Smokies is having its name restored to Kuwohi. On ...
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 ...