- cross-posted to:
- northcarolina@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- northcarolina@lemmy.world
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, according to a news release from the park. The Cherokee name for the mountain translates to “mulberry place.”
Lets do Tahoma next.
I’m into it. Let’s go right down the whole Cascade range.