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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.
- June 16, 1829, No-doyohn Cañon, Arizona
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Oct 29, 2009 · Learn about Geronimo, the legendary Apache chief who fought against Mexican and American forces for decades. Find out his birth name, his family tragedy, his escapes, his surrender and his death.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The origins of his name are disputed. The man who would become the most feared Indian leader of the 19th century was born sometime in the 1820s into the Bedonkohe, the smallest band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe that inhabited what is now New Mexico and Arizona.
- Geronimo’s wife and children were murdered when he was a young man. Geronimo came of age during a period of bitter conflict between the Chiricahua Apaches and the Mexicans.
- He broke out of U.S. Indian reservations on three different occasions. In the 1840s and 1850s, the Mexican-American War and the Gadsden Purchase placed the Chiricahua Apaches’ domain within the boundaries of the expanding United States.
- Geronimo’s followers credited him with supernatural powers. While he often exerted considerable influence over the Apaches, Geronimo was never a tribal chief.
Apr 2, 2014 · Geronimo was a Bedonkohe Apache leader who resisted white colonization of his homeland in the Southwest, participating in raids into Mexico and the United States. He surrendered to U.S. troops in 1886 after years of war and spent the last two decades of his life as a prisoner of war. Learn more about his life, war, death and legacy.
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.
Jun 11, 2018 · Learn about Geronimo, the legendary leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexican and U.S. forces for over thirty years. Discover his early life, his name, his raids, his surrender, and his legacy.
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