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    Gerónimo ( Mescalero-Chiricahua: Goyaałé, Athapascan pronunciation: [kòjàːɬɛ́], lit. 'the one who yawns'; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people.

  2. Oct 29, 2009 · Geronimo (1829-1909) was an Apache leader and medicine man best known for his fearlessness in resisting anyone–Mexican or American—who attempted to remove his people from their tribal lands.

  3. Sep 6, 2016 · By the time of his final breakout in 1884, Geronimo had earned an unparalleled reputation for cunning, and stories of his ruthlessness—both real and imagined—were front-page news across the ...

  4. May 28, 2024 · Geronimo was a Bedonkohe Apache leader of the Chiricahua Apache, who led his people’s defense of their homeland against the military might of the United States. For generations the Apaches had resisted white colonization of their homeland in the Southwest by both Spaniards and North Americans.

  5. Apr 2, 2014 · Geronimo was an Apache leader who continued the tradition of the Apaches resisting white colonization of their homeland in the Southwest, participating in raids into Sonora and Chihuahua in...

  6. Feb 7, 2024 · For decades, Geronimo helped stave off a complete surrender of his people — until the Apache was overwhelmed, he was forced to surrender, and then turned into a sideshow exhibit by the American government. This is the story of Geronimo and his heroic fight for freedom and dignity.

  7. Jun 11, 2018 · Geronimo (1823?–1909), Apache Indian leader.To North Americans and Mexicans of the 1870s and 1880s, Geronimo personalized the horrors of Apache warfare. Never a chief, and despised by many of his people, he nonetheless attained leadership through mastery of the partisan fighting style that baffled U.S. and Mexican troops.

  8. Dec 10, 1993 · Geronimo: An American Legend: Directed by Walter Hill. With Jason Patric, Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall, Wes Studi. The story of the Apache chief and his armed resistance to the U.S. Government's subjugation of his people.

  9. Nov 24, 2009 · Geronimo was the last Native American warrior to formally give in to U.S. forces, signaling the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest. Apache leader Geronimo surrenders to U.S. government...

  10. Geronimo summary: Geronimo was the leader of an Apache tribe of Native Americans. He was born in Mexico in 1829. As a boy, he was a talented hunter often getting praise from the rest of his tribe.

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