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Geronimo [1829-1909]
Rank: 101
Statesman, Leader


Geronimo was a prominent leader from the Bedonkohe band of the Chiricahua Apache tribe. From 1850 to 1886 Geronimo joined with members of three other Chiricahua Apache bands—the Chihenne, the Chokonen and the Nednhi—to carry out numerous raids as well as resistance to US and Mexican military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora, and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona. 

God, Government, Trust



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The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. Government
101
I cannot think that we are useless or God would not have created us. There is one God looking down on us all. We are all the children of one God. The sun, the darkness, the winds are all listening to what we have to say. God
102
I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.
103
I was no chief and never had been, but because I had been more deeply wronged than others, this honor was conferred upon me, and I resolved to prove worthy of the trust. Trust
104
I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. I can go everywhere with a good feeling.
105
While living I want to live well.
106

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