Photo: Jim Thorpe Controversy Subject of Play ‘My Father’s Bones’

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    Jim Thorpe

    Legendary Olympian Jim Thorpe (Sac and Fox) is celebrated in “My Father’s Bones” by Native activists Suzan Shown Harjo and Mary Kathryn Nagle. (Wikipedia)

Photo: Jim Thorpe Controversy Subject of Play ‘My Father’s Bones’

By: 
ICTMN Staff
1/30/15

 

This week ICTMN is featuring an image of Jim Thorpe because the legendary Olympian will be highlighted in a reading of My Father’s Bones, a short play by Native American writers and activists Suzan Shown Harjo and Mary Kathryn Nagle.

The play will be staged at The Penn Museum in Philadelphia on Thursday, February 12 at 5:30 p.m. It recounts the struggle of three sons to recover the remains of their father from the Borough of Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The play is free and concludes with a panel discussion and reception.

RELATED: Controversy Over Jim Thorpe’s Remains Subject of Play Reading, Panel Discussion

This image was featured in this week’s Indian Country Today Media Network newsletter.

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