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Born in Prague,Oklahoma in a one-room cabin.His father, Herm Thorpe, was a farmer, and his mother, Mary James a Pattawatomie Indian and decedent of the last Sauk and Fox cheif Black Hawk, His Indian name Wa-Tho-Huk translates as "Bright Path". Started scool in 1904 at the Carlisle Industrial Indian school in Pennsylvania. In 1999 was recognized by the US congress. The first Native American to win gold in the Olympics.
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