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Undefeated: Jim Thorpe and the Carlisle Indian School Football Team
by Steve Sheinkin
ETA: I'm going to leave my original review here, but add in this review: https://americanindiansinchildrensliterature.blogspot.com/2017/03/beverly-slapins-review-of-undefeated.html
Sometimes it's hard to know how much racism you have internalized, how little you think of other people. I do admit that I thought this book talked a little bit too much about Pop Warner for a book whose title refers specifically to Jim Thorpe and the football team. I still enjoyed it. That doesn't mean it is flawless, and that I missed things. I did. I encourage you to read the above review and other reviews by Native voices.
Another excellent nonfiction offering from Sheinkin, which brings up issues of the violence football causes, the way we've treated Native Americans, and shines a light on why so many youth football leagues are called "Pop Warner." I especially liked that Sheinkin does not sugarcoat the two stars of his book too much--both are complex people and shown as such. I enjoyed this one very much.
Sometimes it's hard to know how much racism you have internalized, how little you think of other people. I do admit that I thought this book talked a little bit too much about Pop Warner for a book whose title refers specifically to Jim Thorpe and the football team. I still enjoyed it. That doesn't mean it is flawless, and that I missed things. I did. I encourage you to read the above review and other reviews by Native voices.
Another excellent nonfiction offering from Sheinkin, which brings up issues of the violence football causes, the way we've treated Native Americans, and shines a light on why so many youth football leagues are called "Pop Warner." I especially liked that Sheinkin does not sugarcoat the two stars of his book too much--both are complex people and shown as such. I enjoyed this one very much.