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Geronimo
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Geronimo
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n
Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
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Apache
any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
Indian chief
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Indian chieftain
the leader of a group of Native Americans
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