Tag: Tewanima

Louis Tewanima (Hopi) – Two Time U.S. Olympian: A Paradox (The Untold Story)

Louis Tewanima, Circa 1907 (Photo/Archives & Special Collections, Waidner-Spahr Library. Dickinson College/) Guest Opinion. The story of Louis Tewanima, Hopi,a two-time U.S. Olympian, is a paradox of sorts: a contradiction between the policy of forced assimilation of Native peoples in America by the federal government, and the heroic feats of Tewanima who ably represented the […]