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Jim Thorpe's father
Who is Hiram Thorpe?
State where Carlisle school was located
What is Pennsylvania?
To prevent infestation of this insect, the students hair was cut short and soaked in kerosene.
What is lice?
The first Big Four football team that Carlisle school defeated.
What is the University of Pennsylvania?
Jim Thorpe's first hero
Who is Black Hawk?
College that Glenn "Pop" Warner attended and played football.
Cornell University
U.S soldiers fought the Indians when this mineral was found in the Black Hills of the Lakota territory.
What is gold?
Founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Who is Richard Henry Pratt
Place where Charlie died at age 8.
What is the Fox and Sac Agency School in Oklahoma?
His plan was to strip the Indian children of their identity and culture.
Who is Richard Henry Pratt?
This university cancelled their football season after a player died and the state legislature passed a bill to ban football entirely.
What is the University of Georgia?
Football coach at Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Who is Glenn "Pop" Warner?
State where Hiram sent Jim to prevent him from running away from school.
What is Kansas? Jim was sent to the Haskell Institute in Kansas.
U.S. soldiers marched more than 15,000 Cherokee Indians 1,200 miles from Georgia to mid-west Indian Territory.
what is the Trail of Tears?
Jim Thorpe's twin brother
Who is Charles "Charlie" Thorpe?