Clingmans Dome to be renamed...

[Tennessee Viking]

Clingmans Dome to be renamed...Kuwohi

https://www.wvlt.tv/2024/09/18/feder...e-name-change/

[Slugg]

I like this. Good move by the NPS imo. Much better name aesthetically and historically/culturally appropriate.

[Astro]

I like this. Good move by the NPS imo. Much better name aesthetically and historically/culturally appropriate.

I doubt Clingman's family feels that way.

[LazyLightning]

what a joke

[gpburdelljr]

I like the name change. The Cherokee have been in the Smokies for thousands of years, so it’s appropriate that the mountain is called by the original Cherokee name.

[Patrickjd9]

I like the idea of using more Native American names for places.

Maybe they could do that in New England instead of using a single set of town names they brought from England in multiple states.

[gpburdelljr]

I like the idea of using more Native American names for places.

Maybe they could do that in New England instead of using a single set of town names they brought from England in multiple states.

There are quite a few place names that are of Native American origin.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List..._United_States

[Slugg]

I doubt Clingman's family feels that way.

That’s okay.

[Patrickjd9]

There are quite a few place names that are of Native American origin.

True about that. Having been section hiking in New England in recent years, I've just taken notice of the repeated city/town names from state to state.