Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Long before the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's highest peak was named "Clingmans Dome," the Cherokee people called the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is no longer named after a Confederate general. Following lobbying ...

Great Smoky Mountains National Park boasts some of the country's most breathtaking and scenic drives. This East Coast wonderland spans more than 800 square miles, treating drivers to an ever-changing ...

The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council passed a resolution Thursday in support of changing the name of the highest peak in Great Smoky Mountains National Park: Clingmans Dome. Long before ...

Indigenous peoples like the Cherokee have roamed and settled the North American continent long before the formation of the United States. While their ancestral homelands were largely concentrated ...

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.

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 ...

Long before the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's highest peak was named "Clingmans Dome," the Cherokee people called the mountain "Kuwahi" for hundreds of years. Now, tribal members are hoping to ...