Great-grandson wants Geronimo's bones
Geronimo was a man of the land and one of the last Indians to lay down his gun. He never belonged trapped on a reservation and, if these are his remains, he deserves to be placed at rest .. buried on his tribal land with his family and not disrespected as a rich boys' frat house curiosity piece.
"SANTA FE, N.M. — Legend has it that Yale University's secretive Skull and Bones society swiped the remains of American Indian leader Geronimo nearly a century ago from an Army outpost in Oklahoma.
Now, Geronimo's great-grandson wants the remains returned.
Harlyn Geronimo, 59, of Mescalero, N.M., wants to prove the skull and bones purportedly taken from a burial plot in Fort Sill, Okla., are indeed those of his great-grandfather. They are now said to be in a stone tomb that serves as the club's headquarters.
If they are proved to be those of the Apache warrior, his great-grandson wants them buried near the Indian leader's birthplace in southern New Mexico's Gila Wilderness.[..]"
There is absolutely no reason that the skull and bones should not be returned. If the Apaches were holding Prescott Bush's bones (George W's grandfather) , nobody would even have this discussion.
As for paratroopers yelling "Geronimo!" when they jump from the plane, Wikipedia says this:
"The 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment's motto and slogan was named after him. In 1940, the night before their first mass jump, U.S. paratroopers at Fort Benning watched the film Geronimo and a Private Aubrey Eberhardt announced he would shout the name when he jumped to prove he was not scared. The trend has since caught on elsewhere. This unit was the first Airborne unit in U.S. History."
