Please consider signing Bright Path Strong's petition calling upon the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reinstate Native Olympian Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox and Potawatomi) as the sole winner in his events in the 1912 Olympics held in Stockholm. Jim Thorpe was not only the first Native/Indigenous athlete to win a gold medal for the United States, but he won two gold medals more than a decade before Native/Indigenous peoples were considered U.S. citizens. The petition would help support a resolution introduced by U.S. Congresswoman and Secretary of the Interior Nominee Deb Haaland (Pueblo).
Indian Country Today has also issued a story on the case for reinstating and honoring Jim Thorpe's legacy. There is also a biopic film in the works about the life of Jim Thorpe titled Bright Path.
Indian Country Today has also issued a story on the case for reinstating and honoring Jim Thorpe's legacy. There is also a biopic film in the works about the life of Jim Thorpe titled Bright Path.