CHEROKEE, N.C. — Founded in 1948, the Museum of the Cherokee Indian is one of the oldest tribal museums in the U.S., and for the first time since 1998, the museum is getting a major renovation. It's ...
Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — The highest point in the Smoky Mountains has been renamed to honor its significance for the Cherokee people. You may know the mountain as Clingmans Dome. But, after ...
The Great Smoky Mountains' highest peak will be renamed Kuwohi, restoring its original Cherokee name after over 150 years. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names approved the change, requested by the ...
GATLINBURG, Tenn. — 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 ...
The new name for the site in Great Smoky Mountains National Park means “mulberry place.” Clingmans Dome is no more, as federal authorities on Wednesday approved affixing the Cherokee name Kuwohi to ...
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — 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.