Hey, you! Yeah, you, come here. Hey, just a minute. What's your name? Jim Thorpe. Do you...
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Peter Allendine:
[to Jim]
Hey, you! Yeah, you, come here. Hey, just a minute. What's your name?
Jim Thorpe:
Jim Thorpe.
Peter Allendine:
Do you have a tribal name?
Jim Thorpe:
Wa-Tho-Huk.
Peter Allendine:
What does it mean?
Jim Thorpe:
Bright path.
Peter Allendine:
Bright path, huh? Well, Bright Path, do you know the school song?
Jim Thorpe:
No.
Little Boy Who Walk Like Bear:
No, sir.
Peter Allendine:
That's right. Well, here are the words. You memorize them, be ready to sing for us tomorrow morning.
[Jim starts to walk away]
Peter Allendine:
Oh, uh, just a minute, Bright Path. Do you speak Indian?
Jim Thorpe:
Yes.
Peter Allendine:
Let's hear you recite the Gettysburg Address in Indian.
Jim Thorpe:
Why, I reckon I can't.
Peter Allendine:
You can't? Good, because when you recite the Gettysburg Address, you recite it in English. Indian isn't spoken here.
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Yeah you Come here
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Hey just a minute
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What's your name
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Jim Thorpe Do you have a tribal name
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Wa tho Huck What does it mean
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Bright Path Bright Path eh
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Well Bright Path do you know the school song
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No No sir
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That's right Well here are the words
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You memorize them be ready to sing for us tomorrow morning
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Oh just a minute Bright Path Do you speak Indian
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Yes
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Let's hear you recite the Gettysburg Address in Indian
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Why I reckon I can't You can't Good
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Because when you recite the Gettysburg Address
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you recite it in English Indian isn't spoken here
Clip duration: 50 seconds
Views: 98
Timestamp in movie: 00h 10m 05s
Uploaded: 27 November, 2022
Genres: biography, drama, family
Summary: The triumph and tragedy of Native American Jim Thorpe, who, after winning both the pentathlon and decathlon in the same Olympics, is stripped of his medals on a technicality.
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