You may know the mountain as Clingmans Dome. But, after a formal request was submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), the name was changed to Kuwohi.

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 ...

The Cherokee filed some of their claims as Georgia and federal authorities sought to force them west. President Andrew Jackson signed into law the Indian Removal Act of 1830.

When the tribe first made the request that led to the 2019 agreement, it asked the park service to approve gathering for both sochan and ramps, but the park decided to pursue sochan first.

You may know the mountain as Clingmans Dome. But, after a formal request was submitted by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI), the name was changed to Kuwohi.