Geronimo
About
Geronimo was a prominent leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. While he was a prominent leader, he wasn't a chief (nantan) but rather a shaman (di-yin). From 1850 to 1886, Geronimo joined with members of three other Central Apache bands – the Tchihende, the Tsokanende and the Nednhi – to carry out numerous raids, as well as fight against Mexican and U.S. military campaigns in the northern Mexico states of Chihuahua and Sonora and in the southwestern American territories of New Mexico and Arizona.