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.”

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    2 months ago

    I’m into it. Let’s go right down the whole Cascade range.

    • Baker: Kulshan
    • Glacier Peak: Dahkobed
    • Rainier: Tahoma
    • St. Helens: Lawetlat’la
    • Adams: Klickitat
    • Hood: Wy’east
    • Jefferson: Seekseekqua
    • Three Sisters: Klah Klahne
    • Shasta: Úytaahkoo
    • Lassen Peak: Kohm Yah-mah-nee