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Duppers

(28,312 posts)
4. Amen. "About time."
Thu Nov 17, 2022, 05:01 AM
Nov 2022

A recent titbit about the Cherokee in their native habitat, western N.C.:

Long before the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's highest peak was named "Clingmans Dome," the Cherokee people called the mountain "Kuwahi" for hundreds of years.

Now, tribal members are hoping to return to the Kuwahi name. Last Thursday, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Tribal Council passed a resolution in support of renaming the mountain, which is located along the Tennessee-North Carolina border.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/07/19/great-smoky-mountains-clingmans-dome-cherokee-kuwahi/10095266002/


Those beautiful mountains belonged to them and, damn it, they have the right to name their peaks.

Shameful U.S. history:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail_of_Tears


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Looking forward to this. DURHAM D Nov 2022 #1
i was just going to ask that. AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #2
what about the other tribes ? AllaN01Bear Nov 2022 #3
Amen. "About time." Duppers Nov 2022 #4
Alaska natives Jilly_in_VA Nov 2022 #5
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