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Who’s leading the fight for the decendents? None other than Ramsey Clark, who served as attorney general under LBJ.
The suit asks that Geronimo’s remains be returned to his native land in Oklahoma and given a proper burial. Three members of the Skull and Bones, including Prescott Bush, served as Army volunteers at Fort Sill during World War I.
Sill, Oklahoma, and stole his skull, some bones and other items buried with him. The descendants say they are investigating claims that in 1918, members of Skull and Bones, including Prescott Bush, the father of George H.W Bush and grandfather of George W. (Hence the name?) Here are stories from Fox News and the Yale Daily News.Īccording to reports, the complaint (not yet available), filed in federal district court in Washington, D.C., alleges that members of Skull and Bones long ago invaded Geronimo’s grave to steal his skull for, as Fox puts it, “fraternal” (and, it seems, skull-related) “rituals.” A handful of others, including Yale, are reportedly named in the complaint. Let’s write that again, just to make sure it sinks in:ĭecendents of Geronimo are asking a secret society at Yale called Skull and Bones to give back Geronimo’s, well, skull and bones. Of all the strange lawsuits to which this blog has devoted pixels, this one definitely ranks among the very strangest.ĭecendents of the Apache chief Geronimo (pictured) have sued Yale University and the school’s famous secret organization, Skull and Bones, asking for the release of Geronimo’s remains.
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