Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — After years of efforts to change the name of Clingmans Dome back to its Cherokee name, the highest peak ...

The highest point in Tennessee will once again be known as Kuwohi after the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians successfully lobbied the U.S. Board of Geographic Names. The federal board on Sept. 18 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — They say a mountain’s view is best after a hard climb, and Lavita Hill knows this all too well after more than two years of effort to restore the Cherokee name, Kuwohi, to ...

The road leading to Kuwohi — formerly known as Clingmans Dome — in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park will have two morning closures days to support educational programs for students who live in ...

COLUMBIA, Missouri. (WVLT) - The U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names Committee voted unanimously to change the name of a popular spot in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Wednesday ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. — 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 ...

The new name for the site in Great Smoky Mountains National Park means “mulberry place.” Clingmans Dome is no more, as federal authorities on Wednesday approved affixing the Cherokee name Kuwohi to ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The highest point in the Smoky Mountains has been renamed to honor its significance for the Cherokee people. You may know the mountain as Clingmans Dome. But, after ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — 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. Kuwohi means ...

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 Clingmans Dome (FID #1326387) to Kuwohi.