Fed board replaces ‘Clingmans Dome’ with Cherokee name ‘Kuwohi’
The renaming caps an effort begun in 2022 by two enrolled members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Lavita Hill and Mary Crowe. Principal Chief Michell Hicks submitted the formal name-change application last January, including more than 150 pages of background materials and letters of support from local governments and others.
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 Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, according to a news ...
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Clingmans Dome name change proposal to be reviewed by US Board on Geographic NamesKuwohi, as Clingmans Dome is known by the Cherokee ... the spelling had been “Kuwahi” but a later update from the ...
Federal board unanimously approves restoring 'Kuwohi' name to highest point in Great Smoky Mountains
Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — UPDATE (9/18): The U.S. Board of Geographic Names has approved restoring the "Kuwohi" name to Clingmans Dome with a vote of 20-0. In 2022, the Eastern Band of ...
They thought they could pull off the biggest and most audacious robbery in history - grabbing diamonds worth £200million from the Millennium Dome. But just like the Dome itself, their enterprise ...
A developer is proposing a large inflatable sports dome for a site south of Interstate 80 and west of the Brookside Marketplace shopping center in Tinley Park, according to plans under review by ...
Each summer, tens of thousands of people, including celebrities like Heidi Klum, Paris Hilton and Cindy Crawford, make camp in the Nevada desert for the infamous Burning Man festival. The event ...
There is a bill making its way through the state Legislature that is looking to expand alcohol service for VIPs at the Intuit Dome until 4 a.m. The state Senate passed AB 3206 this week to allow ...
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The name change proposal for Clingmans Dome to become Kuwohi, the Cherokee word for “mulberry place,” on a federal level is slated to be reviewed by the U.S. Board ...
The highest peak in the sprawling Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now called by its Cherokee name 'Kuwohi.' ...
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