Good News Community🌄 Exciting news from the Great Smoky Mountains! The park's highest peak is officially reverting to its original Cherokee name, Kuwohi, meaning "mulberry place." This significant change restores the mountain's sacred connection to the Cherokee people, over 150 years after it was renamed Clingmans Dome. 🌿
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The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak is reverting to its Cherokee name
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. The Cherokee name for the mountain translates to “mulberry place.” The park says Kuwohi is a sacred place for the Cherokee people and the highest point within the traditional Cherokee homeland. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is America’s most visited national park, and Kuwohi is one its most popular sites, with more than 650,000 visitors per year.