Sac and Fox Nation joins lawsuit over Jim Thorpe remains

Monday, May 16, 2011  

The Sac and Fox Nation has joined a lawsuit that seek to rebury the remains of legendary athlete Jim Thorpe in Oklahoma.

Thorpe, who died in 1953, is buried in Pennsylvania. His son, Jack Thorpe, filed a lawsuit to move the remains to Oklahoma, his birthplace.

Jack Thorpe died in February but his brothers, Richard and Bill Thorpe, and the tribe will continue to pursue the lawsuit. Judge Richard Caputo had ruled that the brothers and the tribe were necessary parties to the litigation.

The tribe was added as a plaintiff on May 2, the Associated Press reported.

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