America! Don

Geronimo, the terrorist, the red devil, occult leader of
savages, akin to bin Laden, or freedom fighter? These
are the dissonant images ascribed to Geronimo in our
conflicted national psyche. Geronimo, the name
paratroopers shouted as they jumped while training
for warfare. Geronimo, who would call on the gods to
delay the onset of daylight, assuring stealth and
health for those under his care. Geronimo, who
bedeviled armies, who effectively resisted conquest,
was, and remains, a devil to some, an enigma to many,
and a beacon to others.

Many of the books written about Geronimo, describe
his mythological capacity to elude and escape capture.
He has been depicted as having supernatural powers
that protected him from harm. He has also been
described as a cruel, obsessed warrior and leader of
savages who preyed on innocent settlers. Geronimo,
also serves as a powerful symbol that allows us to
justify a history of demonization of Native Americans,
as savage, backward, human beings, culturally
responsible for their own fate and circumstance. This
book is an attempt to view the man and his exploits in
a broader context of understanding, and
understanding his continuing impact on world affairs.

“For several years there have been persistent rumors
that Prescott Bush, President George Bush’s
grandfather desecrated Geronimo’s tomb. He allegedly
broke into Geronimo’s grave, stole his skull and other
artifacts and took them to the Skull and Bones
Headquarters at Yale, where he was a member of Skull
& Bones, as were President George Herbert Walker
Bush and his son President G.W. Bush. New evidence
uncovered in 2006 by Yale researcher Marc Wortman,
lends even more credence to, and continues to amplify
those rumors.”....Our culture and country were born of
rebellion, we honor the rebel, we even embrace the
rebel without a cause. This then is the story of America.
This is the story of a rebel with a cause. The cause is
what this story is about! America don’t you know me;
I’m your native son.”