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Congratulations to Chris Eyre and LeBron James for helping to keep Jim Thorpe’s legacy alive in the new two-hour documentary JIM THORPE: LIT BY LIGHTNING! Please join us in watching on HISTORY Channel tonight, Monday, July 7 at 8/7c. youtube.com/watch?v=JdDV9z…

#BrightPathStrong wishes everyone a safe and happy New Year and a prosperous 2024! ⚡️ https://t.co/RAy2PJqQdP

This week in 1912, New York City held a parade to honor Team USA, who’d just returned from the Stockholm Games! 🇺🇸 Other Olympians walked in the parade, but Jim Thorpe and his bounty of medals and trophies were the main draw! 🥇🥇🏆 A true American hero! #BrightPathStrong ⚡️ https://t.co/EJauycqDcJ

#ThisDayInHistory - The 1912 Stockholm Games featuring kick off! 🥇🥈🥉The opening ceremony was MUCH different, mostly because events in the 1912 Games were held during the day. That’s because electricity 💡to light the stadium 🏟️ was not yet widely available. ⚡️#BrightPathStrong https://t.co/fXhq7GQE8V

Happy 85th birthday Billy Mills! 🎈🥳🎂🎁 Billy is Oglala Sioux and his gold medal win 🥇 in the 1964 Tokyo Games is still considered one of the greatest upsets of all time! 🏃🏽‍♂️A virtual unknown at the time, Billy was the first non-European to win the 10,000M run! HBD Billy!! 🥳 https://t.co/M0yqlJUGpj

Jim Thorpe may have been a track and football star, but he was also a phenomenal baseball player! ⚾ In honor of the Men’s College World Series, here’s a photo of his 1908 Carlisle Indians baseball team. Good luck to those competing in #Omaha this week! ⚡ #BrightPathStrong https://t.co/0Zjwj3qXNg

#BornOnThisDay 136 years ago — the #GOAT Jim Thorpe! 🎉🎈🥳 . . . . . . . . . #BrightPathStrong ⚡️ #JimThorpe #NativeAmerican #NativeAthletes #NDN #SacAndFox #Potawatomi https://t.co/nmtMXupDzy

This Sunday in Stroud, Oklahoma is #JimThorpeDay! If you’re close to central Oklahoma, make it part of your weekend plans! ⚡️ #BrightPathStrong https://t.co/NhMZxygjGu

Today is a somber day as we mark 70 years since Jim Thorpe left us. But it’s also an opportunity to remember the Greatest of All-Time, and take a moment to honor his accomplishments and legacy. ⚡️ #BrightPathStrong #GOAT https://t.co/iL9upeFEeJ

#SuperBowlLVII brought to you, in part, by Jim Thorpe!!! 😄 #BrightPathStrong ⚡️

It’s a big night for Natives watching #SuperBowlLVII! 🏈 🏟️ Cherokee Nation citizen Jerod Phillips is on the officiating team!Phillips also teaches at a Wickliffe Public School, a majority Cherokee school in Oklahoma. Congrats Jerod! ⚡️#BrightPathStrong tulsaworld.com/news/local/tea…

#DYK Jim Thorpe once advised to the Windy City Park District Athletic Program on how to support children on Chicago’s South Side? He helped organize the 1948 Junior Olympics where nearly 400 boys AND girls showed up to compete! #InternationalMentoringDay! ⚡️ #BrightPathStrong https://t.co/NYDPNCxWWR

A sports blog has ranked the single greatest regular season college football game from 1869 to now! 😮 No surprise, but Jim Thorpe made the list TWICE! See where "Ramblings of the Ultimate Sports Sentimentalist" placed the #GOAT & his Bulldogs on the list. sportsentiment.com/2023/01/11/gre…

The search is on for perfect person to play legendary athlete Jim Thorpe! 🎥 This is the role of a lifetime, as it's the first time the #GOAT will be played by an Indigenous man. #BrightPathStrong ⚡️*Seeking Native males, age 22-25. More info at thorpemovie.com. 🎬 https://t.co/uhAnB2bbZD

What an amazing year 2022 was! ✨🥳⚡️ Jim’s Olympic records we restored after 100+ years, Tracey Deer (Mohawk) was chosen to direct the highly anticipated biopic on Jim’s life and we connected with so many of you! Thank you for your support as we go into 2023! ⚡️#BrightPathStrong https://t.co/bgJm56QUWy