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Bush asked to find out truth about Geronimo


The great-grandson of Geronimo is asking President Bush to find out whether a secretive Yale University society stole the remains of the revered Apache leader.

Harlyn Geronimo, who lives on the Mescalero Apache Reservation in New Mexico, said he doesn't know for certain whether Skull and Bones has his ancestor's remains. But he said Bush, a member of the group, can help settle the issue.

A recently discovered letter from 1918 claims the society went to Fort Sill, Oklahoma, and desecrated Geronimo's grave. The group refuses to comment.

Get the Story:
Geronimo's family call on Bush to help return his skeleton (The Independent 6/1)

Yale Alumni Magazine Story:
Whose Skull and Bones? (May/June 2006)

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