NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - The U.S. Justice Department is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by descendants of the Apache Geronimo, whose remains were purported to be stolen by members of a secret society at Yale University.The government filed the motion June 10 to oppose a lawsuit filed in February by 20 of Geronimo’s descendants, who want to rebury the warrior near his birthplace in southern New Mexico’s Gila Wilderness.
Geronimo died in 1909. The lawsuit alleges that Skull and Bones members took some of the remains in 1918 from a burial plot in Fort Sill, Okla., to keep in its New Haven clubhouse.
Both Presidents Bush, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry and many others in government and industry positions are members of the society, which is unaffiliated with the university.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
www.KOB.com - Government asks to dismiss Geronimo lawsuit
1 comment:
The family should know that Geronimo's winchester is in a heritage house on the property of the Whyte Foundation in Banff, Alberta. Incidentally, this same house has several native skulls on the mantle.
Post a Comment