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Like the river that churns past it each day, Cumberland Park on Nashville's East Bank is also changing. But this time, it's reclaiming a name once taken from it. "If you say the word 'Wasioto,' I ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Cumberland Park has a new name. Nashville’s Metro Parks Board unanimously voted on Tuesday to rename the park to Wasioto Park. In a press release, the Metro Parks ...
Cumberland Park on Nashville's East Bank will go by a new name after the Parks and Recreation Board on Tuesday approved a change to better honor the land's Indigenous roots. At the unanimous ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Cumberland Park in downtown Nashville may soon be renamed as local activists are pushing for the change, hoping to honor the people who originally called the area home.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Cumberland Park has been part of many changes in the past few years and could see a name change. Several people joined together for the Indigenous People Gathering in ...
As the chair of Nashville’s Indigenous Peoples Coalition, Bender has recently been advocating for the renaming of Cumberland Park, the public green space that stretches along the bend of the ...
Cumberland Park. “We have to help Nashville reimagine this space. For so long, it’s been held hostage by what we think is an outdated concept of, you have to have an oval track and several ...