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In June 2022, Lavita Hill and Mary "Missy" Crowe, both members of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, drafted legislation for the Tribe to support changing the name of Clingmans Dome to Kuwahi ('mulberry place')—the original name given to the area by Cherokees. The resolution describes the area, "Kuwahi or 'mulberry place', is the highest ...
Red Clay State Historic Park is a state park located in southern Bradley County, Tennessee, United States.The park preserves the Red Clay Council Grounds, which were the site of the last capital of the Cherokee Nation in the eastern United States from 1832 to 1838 before the enforcement of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. [2]
Cherokee 1955-1957 Submerged Peter Cable Complex: 40BT34 American pioneer National park 40BT47 Woodland, Mississippian c. 1990 John Oliver Complex: 40BT55 American pioneer 1980s National park Kinzel Springs Site: 40BT89 Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee 1999–2001 Apple Barn Site: 40BT90 Archaic, Woodland, Mississippian, Cherokee 1999 ...
The Cherokee people have always called the 6,643-foot mountain straddling the North Carolina-Tennessee border Kuwohi and have long considered it a sacred place.
In 1838 and 1839, the majority of the Cherokee were forced from native homelands in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee to the new “Indian Territory” Oklahoma. The route has become known as ...
Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee. It is located 39 miles (63 km) southeast of Knoxville and had a population of 3,944 at the 2010 Census [ 7 ] and a U.S. Census population of 3,577 in 2020. [ 8 ]
A monument dedicated to Tsali in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Tsali ( Cherokee : ᏣᎵ ) was a noted leader of the Cherokee during two different periods of the history of the tribe. As a young man, Tsali joined the Chickamauga faction of the Cherokee in the late 18th century, and became a leader in the fight against the American frontiersmen and ...
By 1805, the Cherokee had ceded control of the Smokies to the U.S. government. Although much of the tribe was forced west along the Trail of Tears in 1838, a few—largely through the efforts of William Holland Thomas—managed to retain their land on the Qualla Boundary and today comprise the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. [70]