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APPENDIX: BRIEF BIOGRAPHIES
From: SHAPERS OF THE GREAT DEBATE ON NATIVE AMERICANS LAND, SPIRIT, AND POWER

Geronimo
From: ICONS OF THE AMERICAN WEST

GERONIMO (1829–1909) Chiricahua Apache, Arizona
From: AMERICAN INDIAN QUOTATIONS

GERONIMO (GOKHLAYEH, GOYATHLAY) Chiricahua Apache c. 1825–1909
From: The Encyclopedia of Native American Biography

Geronimo (Goyathlay)
From: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS

Geronimo [juh • rah' nih • moh'] or Goyathlay [goh • yath' lay] or One Who Yawns (1829-February 17, 1909)
From: Indian Terms of the Americas

GERONIMO.
From: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN INDIAN CIVIL RIGHTS

REASONS FOR LEAVING THE RESERVATIONGeronimo (Chiracahua Apache)
From: GREAT DOCUMENTS IN AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY

Chapter 7: The Frontier Closes on the Southwest and Great Plains
From: The Native Peoples of North America

Wars of the Peace Policy, 1869–1886
From: American Indians in American History, 1870–2001

Geronimo. (Courtesy of the Nebraska State Historical Society.)

Geronimo. [Nebraska State Historical Society]

Geronimo at Fort Sill in 1909. [Nebraska State Historical Society]

Nana (seated center, in shadow), with Geronimo seated to his right, meets with U.S. Army representatives. [Nebraska State Historical Society]

“Geronimo behind the Wheel” (1904). Far from being a defeated warrior at the end of his trail, Geronimo stares into the future, dressed in his best and confident behind the wheel. This photograph was taken by Walter Ferguson in 1904 when Geronimo was a prisoner of war at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. From National Archives and Records Administration (75-IC-1).

Geronimo, a Chiricahua Apache, with rifle (LOC)

This photo of Goyathlay (Geronimo) was taken at Fort Sill in the Oklahoma Territory in the early 1880s. National Archives.