Grace Thorpe, the daughter of Olympic great Jim Thorpe, a tribal judge and an anti-nuclear activist, has died. She was 86.
Thorpe died Tuesday of heart failure at the Claremore Veterans Center, said her granddaughter, Tena Mallotte.
Thorpe was a direct descendent of Sac and Fox chief Black Hawk and was of Potawatomi, Kickapoo, and Menominee heritage, according to Park Brothers Funeral Service, which is handling memorial arrangements.
Thorpe was a World War II veteran, having served as a Women's Army Corps corporal in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan.
She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a paralegal degree from the Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. Thorpe served as a tribal district court judge, according to the funeral home.
Thorpe also was an Urban Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed MBA course work at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.
Grace Thorpe served as a congressional liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives American Indian Policy Review Commission and was a personnel interviewer for Gen. Douglas MacArthur at his headquarters in Tokyo during the occupation of Japan, according to the funeral home.
She also was known as a champion of the environment, serving as director for the National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans.
Her father, Jim Thorpe, died in 1953 at age 65.
Thorpe died Tuesday of heart failure at the Claremore Veterans Center, said her granddaughter, Tena Mallotte.
Thorpe was a direct descendent of Sac and Fox chief Black Hawk and was of Potawatomi, Kickapoo, and Menominee heritage, according to Park Brothers Funeral Service, which is handling memorial arrangements.
Thorpe was a World War II veteran, having served as a Women's Army Corps corporal in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan.
She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a paralegal degree from the Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. Thorpe served as a tribal district court judge, according to the funeral home.
Thorpe also was an Urban Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed MBA course work at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.
Grace Thorpe served as a congressional liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives American Indian Policy Review Commission and was a personnel interviewer for Gen. Douglas MacArthur at his headquarters in Tokyo during the occupation of Japan, according to the funeral home.
She also was known as a champion of the environment, serving as director for the National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans.
Her father, Jim Thorpe, died in 1953 at age 65.
Grace Thorpe, the daughter of Olympic great Jim Thorpe, a tribal judge and an anti-nuclear activist, has died. She was 86.
Thorpe died Tuesday of heart failure at the Claremore Veterans Center, said her granddaughter, Tena Mallotte.
Thorpe was a direct descendent of Sac and Fox chief Black Hawk and was of Potawatomi, Kickapoo, and Menominee heritage, according to Park Brothers Funeral Service, which is handling memorial arrangements.
Thorpe was a World War II veteran, having served as a Women's Army Corps corporal in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan.
She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a paralegal degree from the Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. Thorpe served as a tribal district court judge, according to the funeral home.
Thorpe also was an Urban Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed MBA course work at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.
Grace Thorpe served as a congressional liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives American Indian Policy Review Commission and was a personnel interviewer for Gen. Douglas MacArthur at his headquarters in Tokyo during the occupation of Japan, according to the funeral home.
She also was known as a champion of the environment, serving as director for the National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans.
Her father, Jim Thorpe, died in 1953 at age 65.
Thorpe died Tuesday of heart failure at the Claremore Veterans Center, said her granddaughter, Tena Mallotte.
Thorpe was a direct descendent of Sac and Fox chief Black Hawk and was of Potawatomi, Kickapoo, and Menominee heritage, according to Park Brothers Funeral Service, which is handling memorial arrangements.
Thorpe was a World War II veteran, having served as a Women's Army Corps corporal in New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan.
She earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a paralegal degree from the Antioch School of Law in Washington, D.C. Thorpe served as a tribal district court judge, according to the funeral home.
Thorpe also was an Urban Fellow of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed MBA course work at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah.
Grace Thorpe served as a congressional liaison to the U.S. House of Representatives American Indian Policy Review Commission and was a personnel interviewer for Gen. Douglas MacArthur at his headquarters in Tokyo during the occupation of Japan, according to the funeral home.
She also was known as a champion of the environment, serving as director for the National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans.
Her father, Jim Thorpe, died in 1953 at age 65.
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