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Jun 21, 2024 · Jim Thorpe was stripped of the Olympic gold medals awarded to him in 1912, but activists finally got them back in 2022. Today, Thorpe's legacy is about more than medals or even correcting historic wrongs — young Native Americans are looking to him for inspiration. Length: 15:37. Indigenous excellence: Hip hop and the legacy of Jim Thorpe. Articles.
Jul 8, 2024 · U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday affirmed what local residents have believed for decades, that legendary Sac and Fox Nation and Potawatomi athlete Jim Thorpe, buried in the county-seat community, was in fact one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Jun 19, 2024 · Charles Monroe-Kane. Tall Paul is an Anishinaabe and Oneida rapper enrolled on the Leech Lake reservation in Minnesota. His new album is called "The Story of Jim Thorpe." To The Best of Our Knowledge’s Charles Monroe-Kane spoke with him about Thorpe’s legacy, sports and — of course — hip hop. Monroe-Kane wanted to know why Jim Thorpe ...
6 days ago · “We have spent the last 50 years of our lives trying to correct the worst injustice in sports history - Jim Thorpe having his Olympic gold medals and records illegally taken away. In 1983, the International Olympic Committee, restored duplicate medals to Thorpe’s family and his name to their official record book but listed him as a co-champion.
Jul 9, 2024 · Jim Thorpe, an American athlete originally from Oklahoma, was representing the United States in track and field. The morning before the competition - his athletic shoes were stolen....
Jun 23, 2024 · Things to Do in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania: See Tripadvisor's 14,654 traveler reviews and photos of Jim Thorpe attractions.
Jun 22, 2024 · On the 110th anniversary of Jim Thorpe’s dominant 1912 Olympics performance, the International Olympic Committee restored the athlete’s status Friday as the sole winner of the pentathlon and decathlon in Sweden.
