Geronimo is one of the many Chiricahua Apache leaders who fought to preserve the culture and the lifestyle of their people in the late 1800s. The robbing of Geronimo's remains fits into what Robbins calls 'crooking' - a competition among Bonesmen to steal valuable things, which were then hidden in the tomb, which has extremely limited access. This is quite stunning to see this.' It was laid out so clearly in straightforward language saying we've got Geronimo's skull, femurs and horse tack, and we've brought it back to the tomb, as they call in New Haven ,' Wortman told CNN. Marc Wortman, a writer and former senior editor of the magazine, said he was the one who discovered the letter in Yale's Sterling Memorial Library. Trubee Davison - said the secret society had Geronimo's bones, which had been dug up by other members of the group at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The controversy began in 2006, when a letter was found tucked into a book in the Yale library, according to an article published that year in Yale Alumni Magazine.Īccording to the article, the letter - written on June 7, 1918, by one member of the society, Winter Mead, to another, F. Yale said it does not have Geronimo's remains and that it does not speak for Skull and Bones. 'There's a Skull and Bones document that describes how Prescott Bush and other Bonesmen robbed the grave of Geronimo, and I spoke with several Bonesmen who told me that inside the tomb there's a glass display case containing and the Bonesmen have always called it Geronimo,' said Robbins, author of 'Secrets of the Tomb,' a book that delves into secretive societies at Yale, with special attention to Skull and Bones and its paths to power.ĬNN attempted to contact Skull and Bones, but no one returned calls. Watch Harlyn Geronimo discuss 'the spirits' »Īuthor Alexandra Robbins said evidence backs up the younger Geronimo's claim that Skull and Bones has the Apache warrior's remains. Skull and Bones, a collegiate society that's been around since 1832, includes alumni such as former President George W. 'I think what would be important is that the remains of Geronimo be with his ancestors,' he said.

Harlyn Geronimo has sued Yale and the society - the Order of Skull and Bones - to try to recover the remains.

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