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Indian Wars Of The Old West:
Arizona, Part 3

Skeleton Canyon, Arizona

Surrender Of Geronimo

 

On September 4, 1886, Geronimo and less than 40 Apaches, including women and children, surrendered to Brigadier General Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon, near the Arizona and New Mexico border.

Geronimo’s surrender marked the end of the Apache Wars in the Southwest. Geronimo and all the Chiricahuas, including those who were peacefully settled on reservations, were uprooted and imprisoned in Florida.

 

Ultimately, the Chiricahuas were relocated at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where they remained as prisoners of war until 1913.

In that year, about 200 of the 300 surviving Chiricahua Apaches elected to resettle in New Mexico on the Mescalero Reservation. Geronimo died in 1909. The site is on private land.



Native American Event Calendar from nativegatherings.com:

September 04th, 2010 - 3rd Annual KY Native American Heritage Museum Pow Wow

09/03/10  Free Kids Day                                 Free Admission for all Kids                           Starts 9:00 AM

09/04/10 Traditional Pow wow                        Gates Open 10:00 AM                                  Grand Entry at 12:00 Noon & 6:00 PM             Gates Close 9:00 PM

09/05/10 Traditional Pow Wow                       Gates Open 12:00 Noon                               Grand Entry 1:00 PM                                    Gates Close 7:00 PM

 

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September 04th, 2010 - 7th Annual Manoomin Festival
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September 04th, 2010 - Genundowa, the Ring of Fire

Each year, since ancient times, the Seneca Elders built a great fire to give thanks for peaceful times and abundant harvests. After the fire was lit, it was answered by smaller fires from camps along the shoreline, forming a ring of fire around the lake.  Join us each Labor Day weekend in Hammondsport, New York and along the Keuka Lake shores as we commemorate this event.  Social Dancing, Arts, Food and Music.

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September 04th, 2010 - North Country InterTribal Pow-Wow

11th annual taditional Pow-wow. A traditional Pow-wow held to celebrate the culture and hertiage of the Native Americans. With traders, food vendors, dancers, and drum groups from all across the US and Canada. We are a not for profit organization.

Gate opens at 10:00Am daily

Admission: $5.00 per adult/per day children under 18 is free with paid adult. Elders: $3.00 Natives are free. Dancer are free until 11:30AM.

Free parking    Free camping with paid daily admission. (No hook ups)

No alcohol or drugs permitted on Pow-wow grounds

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September 06th, 2010 - 3rd Annual KY Native American Heritage Museum Pow Wow

09/03/10  Free Kids Day                                 Free Admission for all Kids                           Starts 9:00 AM

09/04/10 Traditional Pow wow                        Gates Open 10:00 AM                                  Grand Entry at 12:00 Noon & 6:00 PM             Gates Close 9:00 PM

09/05/10 Traditional Pow Wow                       Gates Open 12:00 Noon                               Grand Entry 1:00 PM                                    Gates Close 7:00 PM

 

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