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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth View Post
I guess technically he was not born in the United States, which did not reach from sea to shining sea until 1912. 1907 for Oklahoma.
I am pretty sure Thorpe became a U.S. citizen under the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act that granted citizenship to all Native Americans. Prior to that, Thorpe was considered a "national" instead of a citizen.
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