Amplifying Native American Stories & Voices

Weekends are for taking it easy and enjoying shows like Antiques @roadshowpbs! 📺 Nearly four years ago, handwritten letters Jim Thorpe wrote in 1933 were featured on the long-running show. 📜 In it, we learned Jim was a dog lover, a doting dad and husband, and delighted in being a prankster to his kids and their friends. Hear more stories and even learn the name of Jim’s favorite dog, all in these letters unearthed from nearly 90 years ago! ✉️ Visit the Antiques Roadshow section on PBS.org to watch the full story from Season 21, Episode 8. ⠀
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We want to thank everyone for an amazing first year, helping advance our mission of telling Jim Thorpe’s story along with amplifying Native voices! 🗣 Although 2020 has had more than its fair share of struggles, we’ve educated countless people on the continuing pursuit of justice for Jim Thorpe and informed so many on the many challenges and triumphs across Indian Country. In 2021 our work will continue to ensure Jim’s legacy is officially enshrined in the record books - the way it always should have been. 🏆

For those who don’t know the story, Jim Thorpe didn’t just win gold handedly in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic games. He outright smoked the competition, setting times that would not be beat until the 1970s. Although his gold medals were unfairly seized following the 1912 Games, many believed that justice was served when Jim’s family received duplicate gold medals 30 years after he passed away. 🥇🥇

But with your help spreading the word, we reminded people that, in fact, justice remains elusive. The International Olympic Committee refuses to this day to correct the official record to reflect Jim’s wins. Thanks largely to all of you who are committed to justice for Jim, we’ve received nearly 70,000 signatures asking the IOC to right this wrong. It’s finally time for justice to be served.

Thank you again to everyone who signed our petition seeking #JusticeForJim. We hope you’ll continue to follow our efforts into the new year and help spread our mission, as we vow to never give up until this historic wrong is reversed. ⚡️

If you haven’t signed the petition, the link is in our bio! ✍🏽 ...

What a monumental day in history for Native Americans across this country! For the first time EVER, a Native American will lead the U.S. Department of the Interior! The selection of Rep. Deb Haaland, a Congresswoman from New Mexico, marks the first time a Native American has been tapped to serve in a presidential cabinet. It's also the first time in the Department of Interior's more than 270-year history that it will be overseen by a Native American, despite the fact that the agency is an umbrella for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Education and has broad oversight on an array of Native American policy issues such as federal trust responsibility to Native tribes.

If confirmed, Haaland's appointment also puts her in a position to be the first Native American to manage our nation's public lands and minerals, national parks, wildlife refuges, protect endangered species, and oversee environmental conservation efforts.

Haaland is a 35th generation New Mexican who is an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, and also has Jemez Pueblo heritage. Haaland is pictured here with fellow Congresswoman Sharice Davids (Ho-Chunk) of Kansas our Bright Path Strong co-founder Nedra Darling (Prairie Band Potawatomi). We cannot express our excitement enough and are so proud to call Deb Haaland #BrightPathStrong! ⚡️ ...