Geronimo

Also known as Goyaałé, Goyathlay, Goyahkla

Gerónimo (, ; June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands the Tchihende, the Tsokanende (called Chiricahua by Americans) and the Nednhito carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona.

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Gerónimo (1829–1909) was an Apache military leader and medicine man who, from 1850 to 1886, led and participated in raids and armed resistance against Mexican and U.S. forces across the southwestern borderlands. He remains a significant historical figure representing Apache resistance during a period of intense conflict over territorial control in the American Southwest and northern Mexico.

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American Indian chief.name: Gerónimo
American Indian chief.image: GeronimoRinehart.jpg
American Indian chief.caption: Photograph by Frank Rinehart, 1898
American Indian chief.tribe: Bedonkohe Apache
American Indian chief.birth_place: Turkey Creek, Santa Fe de Nuevo México, Mexico (now New Mexico)
American Indian chief.death_place: Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S.
American Indian chief.predecessor: Juh
American Indian chief.native_name: Goyaałé
American Indian chief.resting_place: Apache Indian Prisoner of War Cemetery, Fort Sill
American Indian chief.rp_coordinates: ,
American Indian chief.spouse: Alope, Ta-ayz-slath, Chee-hash-kish, Nana-tha-thtith, Zi-yeh, She-gha, Shtsha-she, Ih-tedda, and Azul
American Indian chief.children: Chappo, Dohn-say
American Indian chief.signature: Geronimo signature.svg
American Indian chief.mother_tongue: Apache, Spanish