The Smoky Mountains' highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi
The Smoky Mountains' highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi
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 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 U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted on Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians to officially change the name Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, according to a news release from the park. The Cherokee name for the mountain translates to “mulberry place.”
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Similar to Harney Peak being renamed Black Elk Peak. Though Harney wasn't a Confederate, he did massacre Native American men, women, and children. Tribal/indigenous naming is so much better.