The Coalition for Outdoor Renaming and Education (CORE) is excited to share our new logo and the story of its design process! Over the last few months, the CORE Steering Committee has been working with Eastern Cherokee artist Luke Swimmer to create a logo that represents our organization’s work to educate, empower, heal, and engage communities in renaming work.

As the year comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on and celebrate everything we’ve accomplished in 2024. This year has been filled with challenges, growth, and incredible victories towards advancing equity and inclusion in the outdoors through renaming.

California is removing a slur against Indigenous women from its lands, streets, buildings, and other place names. Replacement names have been selected in consultation with Tribal Nations from across California, and are set to go into effect January 1, 2025.

Kimberly Smith (Eastern Band of Cherokee), a CORE Steering Committee leader, was appointed by Secretary Deb Haaland to serve on the Department of the Interior’s Advisory Committee on Reconciliation in Place Names.

The Coalition for Outdoor Renaming and Education (CORE) is proud to celebrate the return of the name Kuwohi to the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, a place previously known for over 165 years as Clingmans Dome. On September 18, the U.S. The United States Board on Geographic Names (BGN) unanimously approved this restoration, recognizing the mountain’s Ancestral Cherokee name and cultural importance.