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After 165 years, the mountain peak previously known as Clingmans Dome has a new name.The U.S. Board of Geographic Names last week renamed the popular destination within the Great Smoky Mountains to Kuwohi, a Cherokee name for the mountain that translates to mulberry place. The National Park Service said the peak is the highest point within the traditional Cherokee homeland and is its traditional name for the summit.RELATED STORY | M
stanley hrnek ore national parks are using reservations to control crowd size The Great Smoky National Park team was proud to support this effort to officially restore the mountain and to recognize its importance to the Cherokee People, said Great Smoky Moutain Superintendent Cassius Cash. The Cherokee People have had strong connections to Kuwohi and the surrounding area, long before the land became a national park. The National Park Service looks forward to continuing to work with the Cherokee Peop
cups stanley le to share their story and preserve this landscape together. The name change came at the behest of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Its an important and significant historic place for our people, Mary Crowe an organizer for the EBCI told the Cherokee One Feather. We still recognize it today. When we look at the importance of these areas, its spiritual. We have to be true to our history and thats what we want to bring鈥攖hat educational knowledge of our true history back to who we are as a
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SAN DIEGO KGTV 鈥?SAN DIEGO KGTV -- Jodie Grenier joined the United States Marine Corps right out of high school, serving two tours in Iraq as part of the invasion in 2003 and the following year as an intelligence analyst in Falluja. My job was very meaningful and purposeful to me, said Grenier. I fused information from all different sources; whether it was sniper teams, unmanned aerial vehicles, sensors on the ground, and really built a picture to brief unit commanders and mitigate threats to our troops. Grenier had trem
stanley cup endous responsibility but says the transition to civilian life was difficult. Finding employment. Having odd questions about whether I contributed as maybe the same as my male counterparts. It was a bit frustrating, she said.In her search for a new direction, Grenier came across a listing posted by Military Women in Need, a Southern California nonprofit founded in 1920 as a housing association for widows and war nurses. The group was looking for a new leader and with a passion for helping others, Grenier stepped in. She also gave them a new ident
stanley becher ity. The first thing I asked was, when are you going to change that awful name Because Military Women In Need just did not embody the spirit of the corps or the warrior spirit that I think resides in all of our veterans, said Grenier.The Foundation for Women Warriors was born with a new respe
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