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Son Sues Pa. Town For Jim Thorpe's Remains
from National Public RadioJune 25, 2010
After Jim Thorpe died in 1953, a Pennsylvania town agreed to change the town's name and pay Thorpe's widow a fee in return for hosting the Native American athlete's grave. Michele Norris talks with Thorpe's son Jack about his lawsuit to send his father's remains to his Oklahoma tribal homelands.
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