
by Associated Press
Published: Wed, February 18, 2009 - 12:14 pm CST
Last Updated: Wed, February 18, 2009 - 12:23 pm CST
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Descendants of American Indian leaderGeronimo are suing the federal government, Yale University and a
secret society, seeking custody of the Apache chief's remains.
Geronimo's great-grandson, Harlyn Geronimo, says the family
believes the Yale group Skull and Bones took some of the remains in
1918 or 1919 from a burial plot at Fort Sill, Okla. He says the
descendants believe those remains are kept at the group's clubhouse
in New Haven.
He announced the federal lawsuit in Washington on Tuesday, the
100-year anniversary of Geronimo's death from pneumonia while he
was being held at Fort Sill as a prisoner of war.
The family wants the remains sent to New Mexico. They also want
the government to turn over any bones still buried at Fort Sill.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Editor's note: Geronimo and some of his followers were held prisoner for several years at the Army barracks in Mount Vernon, Alabama.
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