Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Jim Thorpe

Alex Schmidt and special guest Joey Clift explore why Jim Thorpe is secretly incredibly fascinating. Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week's bonus episode.

LINKS FOR JOEY CLIFT:

• We’ve Been Here the Whole Time!: A Not So Sacred Guide to All Things Native America by Joey Clift, illustrated by Julie Fiveash, foreword by Shane Hawk-- pre-order now!
• short film Pow! -- written and directed by Joey Clift -- streaming on YouTube
• Joey Clift on Instagram

RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE'S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

• native-land.ca
• U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
• The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
• "Finding Lenapehoking" (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
• Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
• Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe by David Maraniss
• Black Hawk: The Battle for the Heart of America by Kerry A. Trask
• Who Belongs?: Race, Resources, and Tribal Citizenship in the Native South by Mikaëla M. Adams
• The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture: THORPE, JAMES FRANCIS -- 1888–1953 (Oklahoma Historical Society)
• ESPN SportsCentury: Top N. American athletes of the century
• Pro-Football-Reference.com entry for Jim Thorpe
• Baseball-Reference.com entry for Jim Thorpe
• RB/QB/HB Jim Thorpe, Class of 1963 (Pro Football Hall Of Fame)
• When serious fun was had by Redskins in Carlisle (The Shepherdstown Chronicle)
• The American Presidency Project: Dwight D. Eisenhower: Remarks at a Luncheon Honoring the President Given by the Republican National Committee, January 06 1961 (UC Santa Barbara)
• Playing to Win: American Sports and Athletes on Stamps: 1912 Olympic Games (Smithsonian National Postal Museum)
• The Jim Thorpe Backlash: The Olympic Medals Debacle And the Demise of Carlisle (Smithsonian American Indian Magazine)
• Jim Thorpe is reinstated as the sole winner of two events in the 1912 Olympics (NPR)
• Not Just Jim Thorpe: Many Natives Starred in Stockholm's Olympics (Smithsonian American Indian Magazine)
• The dream changed: Inside the first generation of paid college athletes (USC Annenberg Media)
• The Upshot: Duke of Hawaii: A Swimmer and Surfer Who Straddled Two Cultures (The New York Times)
• A Confluence of Lives: The 1912 Olympic Games (Library Of Congress)
• Dreaming Strong: Billy Mills Survives through the Olympics (Smithsonian American Indian Magazine)
• Angelina Jolie Producing Biopic on Native American Athlete Jim Thorpe (Variety) -- note the article is from 2018, and hopefully the project revives.
• American History Museum: New York Giants and the Chicago White Sox World Tour baseball program (The Smithsonian)
• Google Maps listing for Jim Thorpe PA
• 1964 article: "Jim Thorpe, Pa., No Tourist Lure, May Change Name" (The New York Times Archives)
• A family’s long battle over Jim Thorpe’s soul (The Seattle Times)