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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 ...
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.
4 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.
Jun 13, 2024 · Surrounded by the Pocono Mountains and chock-full of delicious restaurants, charming shops, and history, Jim Thorpe is a quintessential mountain town that belongs on everyone’s Pennsylvania bucket list.
- Megan Shute
4 days ago · Authorities identified a man whose body was found Monday in the Lehigh River in Mahoning Township as Felix Dejesus Jr. of Jim Thorpe. DeJesus, whose age wasn’t provided, was pronounced dead at 1 ...
Jun 17, 2024 · In 1950, an Associated Press poll voted Jim Thorpe “the greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century” and in 1999 placed him third on its list of the top athletes of the entire century, trailing only Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan.
5 days ago · NBA superstar LeBron James’ production company has announced a new partnership with the History Channel to bring the story of legendary Native American athlete Jim Thorpe to life in a forthcoming documentary.
