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Article: Jim Thorpe's relatives pledge to get his body back to Oklahoma
- Article from:
- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- August 19, 2001
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JIM THORPE, Pa. (AP) - Jim Thorpe was many things - Olympian,
football legend, baseball great, hero to American Indians - but he
was never a resident of this village in the mountains of
northeastern Pennsylvania. At least not until after his death.
Thorpe lies under a monument on a hill outside of this town that
he probably never even visited while he was alive.
That upsets Jack Thorpe, 64, the youngest of Thorpe's five living
children, who is seeking to have his father given a proper Indian
burial in his native Oklahoma. He has asked for the village to give
up the body and have it returned.
"We as a family had offered any way we can to work with the
city," Thorpe said. "It's a great honor ...
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