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It's official: Clingmans Dome renamed to honor Cherokee heritage
Clingmans Dome, one of the most popular sites in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, is officially renamed Kuwohi after the U.S. Board of Geographic Names approved a formal request by the ...
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Tennessee national park's highest peak reverts to Native American name
The 6,644 foot peak is visible from the Qualla Boundary and the highest point within the traditional Cherokee homeland. ‘The Cherokee People have had strong connections to Kuwohi and the ...
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Where They Cried
Through the winter of 1838 to 1839, thousands of Cherokee people walked this trail and hunkered in these woods, enduring cold, hunger, and disease on a forced march from their homeland in the southern ...