Jim Thorpe. Photo from Wikipedia
The Sac and Fox Nation and two sons of the legendary athlete and Olympian Jim Thorpe are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take on their case. Thorpe died in 1953. As he was about to buried in Oklahoma, where he was born, his widow had the body taken to a newly-created municipality in Pennsylvania called the Borough of Jim Thorpe. Along with the tribe, Bill and Richard Thorpe say their late father belongs on Sac and Fox land in Oklahoma. The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, however, refused to apply the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and return the remains. Turtle Talk has posted the petition in the case, Sac and Fox Nation v. Borough of Jim Thorpe. Get the Story:
Jim Thorpe's Sons Ask Supreme Court to Allow Reburial (AP 6/2)
Sons of Jim Thorpe Ask Supreme Court to Take Up Dispute Over Burial Site (The Wall Street Journal 6/2) 3rd Circuit Decision:
John Thorpe v. Borough of Jim Thorpe (October 23, 2014) Oral Arguments from the Indianz.Com SoundCloud:
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