According to the Associated Press, the family of Jim Thorpe plans to sue the borough for the athlete’s remains. The family is suing now because they feel their dad and grandfather cannot rest in peace while his remains are away from the rest of the family.

Attorney Sean W. Pickett, of Kansas City, Mo., said the suit to be filed this month will argue that the borough must hand over the remains under the 1990 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act that requires federal agencies and institutions that get federal funding to return American Indian cultural items and human remains to their peoples.

“We are going to argue that because Jim Thorpe Borough receives federal funding for housing, community development, and education, they are subject to the requirements” of the act, Pickett said.

Read the article in the Pocono Record here.