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In desperation he found a pair of mismatched shoes in the cast off bins, one too small and one too large. He put on extra socks to make the large one fit and squeezed his foot into the smaller one. Determinedly Jim went on to win the race in world record time and clinch the gold medal. Speculation still runs rampant about who stole his shoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eJim Thorpe's medals were illegally taken away more than seven months after his wins because he had played semi-pro baseball for expense money at the request of his coach Pop Warner over the summer of 1909 and 1910. Avery Brundage, who was the expected US winner for the decathlon and pentathlon did not receive a medal for his efforts. He later became the president of the International Olympic Committee and during his lengthy tenure (20 years), strongly resisted reinstatement of the medals and awards which Thorpe had won.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eJim had a twin brother who passed away at the age of eight. It's hard to imagine how the sports world, or the world at large for that matter, would have been affected if these two twin powers had grown to maturity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eAs it stands, Jim Thorpe is the greatest athlete of the 20th century. He is the only athlete to win both the pentathlon and decathlon in the history of the Olympics. \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOren Lyons, faithkeeper, Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs, Haudenosaunee, is an internationally recognized leader on indigenous rights and environmental justice, and a renowned artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eSCW has partnered with Oren to make available archival quality, acid-free prints of four of his iconic paintings. 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His attempts to penetrate the swamp were met with derisive laughter, great winds, storms and phenomenal events that defeated the Peacemaker’s mission.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eHe then sent runners to summon Jagonsasa, the woman who had hosted his first night as he awaited the Mohawk leaders’ answer to his request to meet.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eWhen she arrived, she said that song kept recurring in her mind. She offered that song to the Peacemaker and his union of leaders. They approached the lair of the evil being singing the song. The power of their unified voices singing this song drew Tadadaho from the swamp. As he came forward, struggling against the power of the song, \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOren Lyons, faithkeeper, Turtle Clan, Onondaga Nation, Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs, Haudenosaunee, is an internationally recognized leader on indigenous rights and environmental justice, and a renowned artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eSCW has partnered with Oren to make available archival quality, acid-free prints of four of his iconic paintings. 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Each large family (clan) would have five leaders, a Clanmother, a principal male leader and a male partner to lead the nation in all affairs, with a male faithkeeper and a female faithkeeper to move about and see to the ceremonies and the health and welfare of their entire extended family (clan).\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe clanmother oversees the conduct of her leaders and the health and welfare of her entire extended family (clan) and leads the participation of the women’s side of the ceremonies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe clanmother holds and is responsible for all the titles and leadership in her clan. Her choice of leaders within her clan is subject to the approval by consensus of the clan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe clanmother holds the titles of the chief and his partner. Her duties are to oversee their attendance to meetings, attendance to their duties and their conduct as leaders. She has the responsibility and the authority through our process to remove their titles for lack of attention to their duties, malfeasance of office or misconduct. A crime against a woman or child causes automatic dismissal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThe duties of the chief is to sit and council for the welfare of the nation and to attend the Grand Council of the Six Nation Chiefs to address national and international affairs, always with an eye to the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eOne of the primary responsibilities addressed to a new leader in the process of induction into a chief’s title and council, regards the future. \u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e“When you sit and council for the welfare of the people, think not of yourself, nor of your family or even your generation, make your decisions on behalf of the coming generations, unto the seventh generation.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n \u003cp\u003eThis instruction to our leaders seven generations ago has enabled our existence as a nation today. 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