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Perhaps the greatest Olympian, Jim Thorpe, is back on top.

It appears that the International Olympic Committee has corrected the record books to reflect Thorpe’s Olympic victories for the decathlon and pentathlon events in Stockholm’s 1912 Olympic Games. The Olympics website shows that Thorpe, Sac and Fox and Potawatomi, is the sole gold medal winner for the decathlon and pentathlon for the 1912 games Thursday afternoon.

ICT learned this week that the committee had planned to announce the change Friday, the 110th anniversary of Thorpe winning the decathlon medal. Thorpe won the pentathlon on July 7, 1912. READ MORE.— ICT

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ICT’s collaborative reporting project focusing on the impact of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities will receive the 2022 Richard LaCourse Award for Investigative Journalism.

The collective is a project of the Native American Journalists Association in which ICT, High Country News, National Native News and Searchlight New Mexico collaborated to investigate and report the impact of COVID-19 in Indigenous communities.

“This award is an example of how journalism is headed in a new direction: newsroom collaboration,” said ICT Editor Jourdan Bennett-Begaye. “We all have the same goal of watching out for Indigenous nations and peoples.” READ MORE. — ICT

In Lushootseed, an “s” with a squiggle above it is called a caron. It’s pronounced “sh,” like shore or shout.

Pišpiš means “cat.” It’s one of the first words Kaiser Moses learned with his Montessori classmates on the old wooden floor of the Tulalip Dining Hall. The refurbished early 20th century building sits above the rocky shore of Tulalip Bay. Outside the window, saltwater waves lap against concrete rubble.

Years later, Moses learned those are the ruins of a jail.

“And that’s where they used to put kids who spoke Lushootseed instead of English,” said Moses, 19.

The graffiti-covered ruins and the renovated dining hall are among the few physical reminders of the Tulalip Indian School. For seven decades, the federal government funded or ran a boarding school here. READ MORE. — Everett Daily Herald

Kansas has received $83.5 million in federal coronavirus relief funds for projects that are expected to connect more than 21,000 homes and businesses to high-speed internet service, federal officials announced Thursday.

The money for Kansas is part of $10 billion in funds for capital improvement projects for states, territories and Native American tribal governments, the U.S. Treasury Department said. The projects are supposed to allow them to monitor health, work and education.

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, who represents a Kansas district covering much of the Kansas City area, said 173,000 Kansas residents lack home broadband service and 307,000 don’t have access to reliable internet service.

“This federal funding will help close the digital gap and keep our communities connected,” Davids said in a statement.

The money will be distributed through a competitive grant program overseen by the state Department of Commerce. — Associated Press

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