Following a unanimous vote from the Cherokee Tribal Council…the tribe is expected to petition the federal government to change the name of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s highest mountain, Clingmans Dome, to Kuwahi…the name Cherokee people called it for generations prior to European conquest. Kuwahi, which means “mulberry place” in the Cherokee language, was a site of special significance. Medicine people went there to pray and seek guidance from the Creator, and Cherokee people seeking to evade removal during the Trail of Tears used it as a refuge.