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S21E08: We Shall Remain (4): Geronimo

American Experience · Season 21
Aired 04 May 2009 at 1:00am (UTC)
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We Shall Remain (4): Geronimo

Synopsis

In February of 1909, the indomitable Chiricahua Apache medicine man Geronimo lay on his deathbed. He summoned his nephew to his side, whispering, “I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive.” It was an admission of regret from a man whose insistent pursuit of military resistance in the face of overwhelming odds confounded not only his Mexican and American enemies, but many of his fellow Apaches as well.

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