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May 10, 2024 · Geronimo (born June 1829, No-Doyohn Canyon, Mex.—died Feb. 17, 1909, Fort Sill, Okla., U.S.) 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.
Feb 7, 2024 · By Marco Margaritoff | Edited By John Kuroski. Published February 7, 2024. Updated March 12, 2024. Fending off both the U.S. and Mexican armies on the American frontier, Geronimo led the Bedonkohe band of the Apache Native Americans before being captured and turned into a sideshow.
Apr 2, 2014 · (1829-1909) Who Was Geronimo? Geronimo was an Apache leader who continued the tradition of the Apaches resisting white colonization of their homeland in the Southwest, participating in raids...
Nov 18, 2019 · Native American History. How Geronimo Eluded Death and Capture for 25 Years. The legendary medicine man and guerrilla warrior was so expert at eluding the enemy, he was considered to be protected...
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.
Aug 19, 2018 · Geronimo was not a chief, but a medicine man of the Bedonkehe band of the Chiricahua Apache. He would eventually become their leader because he believed, like Cochise before him, that his people deserved freedom. Geronimo had been one of Cochise’s most devout warriors.
Geronimo. Facts, information and articles about Geronimo, a Native American Indian Chief from the Wild West. Geronimo Facts. Born. 6/16/1829. Died. 2/17/1909. Tribe. Apache. Spouse. Alope. Geronimo Articles. Explore articles from the History Net archives about Geronimo. » See all Geronimo Articles.
