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"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 the mountain on the Tennessee-North Carolina border was a National
Park attraction, the Cherokee referred to it as Kuwahi, which translates to
"mulberry place." Tribal medicine men would journey up the mountain and pray
for guidance, then share the visions they had with the rest of the community.
Lavita Hill, treasury specialist for the tribe, said she and her friend, fellow
activist Mary Crowe, spent the last month preparing the name change proposal
for the tribal government's approval. Hill said she was inspired by Yellowstone
National Park's renaming of Mount Doane to First Peoples Mountain, which was
based on the recommendation of the Rocky Mountain Tribal Council."
Via Christoph S.
Cheers,
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