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Clingmans Dome, the highest point in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, could undergoe a name change back to the name the Cherokee used for time immemorial. The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council last week approved a resolution to forward an application to the federal government asking that the 6,643-foot high summit be renamed Kuwohi, a Cherokee word that means
A Wyoming community is one of seven places listed by the U.S. Department of Interior in the ongoing effort to remove derogatory names from national landmarks.
The EBCI has sovereign powers of self-government recognized by the federal government. It plans to meet later this month to discuss restoring the mountain's name.
Mount Doane, a 10,551-foot peak, has been renamed First Peoples Mountain in an acknowledgment of the park’s historical connections with Indigenous people, the National Park Service said.
Yellowstone National Park is renaming one of its largest mountains to honor Native Americans after research showed the peak's original namesake led a massacre that killed at least 173 members of a local tribe.\n