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 ...
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 ...