Happy Birthday to Geronimo, born Goyaałé ('the one who yawns') 196 years ago today
June 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Happy Birthday to Geronimo, born Goyaałé ('the one who yawns') 196 years ago today
Happy Birthday to Geronimo, born Goyaałé ('the one who yawns') 197 years ago today
June 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Happy Birthday to Geronimo, born Goyaałé ('the one who yawns') 197 years ago today
"These boots are made for walkin.' And that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you."
Goyaałé (Geronimo)
1889
Goyaałé (Geronimo)
1889
March 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"These boots are made for walkin.' And that's just what they'll do. One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you."
Goyaałé (Geronimo)
1889
Goyaałé (Geronimo)
1889
OTD 140 years ago-Sep. 4, 1886-Apache leader Goyaale (Geronimo) surrendered to the US Army for the final time after over 30 years of opposing both Mexican and American campaigns into Apache lands. He lived the rest of his life in captivity, dying at Fort Sill, OK in 1909.
Image: National Archives.
Image: National Archives.
September 4, 2026 at 12:03 PM
OTD 140 years ago-Sep. 4, 1886-Apache leader Goyaale (Geronimo) surrendered to the US Army for the final time after over 30 years of opposing both Mexican and American campaigns into Apache lands. He lived the rest of his life in captivity, dying at Fort Sill, OK in 1909.
Image: National Archives.
Image: National Archives.
Gerónimo. (Goyaałé). Apache. 1898. Omaha, Nebraska. Photo by F.A. Rinehart. Source - Library of Congress. #Indigenous
November 17, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Gerónimo. (Goyaałé). Apache. 1898. Omaha, Nebraska. Photo by F.A. Rinehart. Source - Library of Congress. #Indigenous
June 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Heute vor 195 Jahren wurde der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé - "Der Gähnende") (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909) geboren. Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes.
June 16, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Heute vor 195 Jahren wurde der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé - "Der Gähnende") (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909) geboren. Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes.
Heute vor 196 Jahren wurde der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé, Der Gähnende) (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909) geboren. Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes. 1/2
June 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Heute vor 196 Jahren wurde der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé, Der Gähnende) (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909) geboren. Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes. 1/2
They called Goyaałé a terrorist too
September 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
They called Goyaałé a terrorist too
Heute vor 115 Jahren verstarb der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé - "Der Gähnende") (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909). Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes.
February 17, 2024 at 4:22 AM
Heute vor 115 Jahren verstarb der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé - "Der Gähnende") (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909). Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes.
Heute vor 117 Jahren verstarb der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé - "Der Gähnende") (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909). Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes. 1/2
February 17, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Heute vor 117 Jahren verstarb der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé - "Der Gähnende") (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909). Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes. 1/2
Gerônimo nasceu em 16/06/1829 nos arredores de Turkey Creek, Novo México. Seu nome indígena era Goyaalé (“O Que Boceja”, na língua Mescalero-Chiricahua). À época de seu nascimento, a região fazia parte do México, mas seria incorporada aos EUA em 1848, após a Guerra Mexicano-Americana.
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September 4, 2024 at 7:06 PM
Gerônimo nasceu em 16/06/1829 nos arredores de Turkey Creek, Novo México. Seu nome indígena era Goyaalé (“O Que Boceja”, na língua Mescalero-Chiricahua). À época de seu nascimento, a região fazia parte do México, mas seria incorporada aos EUA em 1848, após a Guerra Mexicano-Americana.
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Geronimo (Goyaałé) led multiple escapes from the reservation with acts of resistance that enabled his people to continue their traditional ways of life for many years.
June 16, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Geronimo (Goyaałé) led multiple escapes from the reservation with acts of resistance that enabled his people to continue their traditional ways of life for many years.
Heute vor 197 Jahren wurde der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé, Der Gähnende) (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909) geboren. Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes. 1/2
June 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Heute vor 197 Jahren wurde der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé, Der Gähnende) (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909) geboren. Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes. 1/2
(gettyarchive)
Goyaałé, known by the name Gerónimo (1829-1909), Apache leader, 1905
Edward S. Curtis/Apic
Goyaałé, known by the name Gerónimo (1829-1909), Apache leader, 1905
Edward S. Curtis/Apic
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
(gettyarchive)
Goyaałé, known by the name Gerónimo (1829-1909), Apache leader, 1905
Edward S. Curtis/Apic
Goyaałé, known by the name Gerónimo (1829-1909), Apache leader, 1905
Edward S. Curtis/Apic
Heute vor 116 Jahren verstarb der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé - "Der Gähnende") (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909). Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes. 1/2
February 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Heute vor 116 Jahren verstarb der Apache Geronimo (Goyáálé - "Der Gähnende") (* 16. Juni 1829 - † 17. Februar 1909). Entgegen der vorherrschenden Meinung war er, trotz seiner Erfolge im Widerstand gegen die weißen Siedler, kein Häuptling sondern Medizinmann seines Stammes. 1/2
Goyaałé is his proper name. My apologies.
April 26, 2024 at 3:47 PM
Goyaałé is his proper name. My apologies.
Goyaałé was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. Following the end of the Mexican-American war in 1848, Americans continued to encroach on Apache lands and attempted to confine the people on reservations.
June 16, 2026 at 1:31 PM
Goyaałé was a military leader and medicine man from the Bedonkohe band of the Ndendahe Apache people. Following the end of the Mexican-American war in 1848, Americans continued to encroach on Apache lands and attempted to confine the people on reservations.
Other Apache leaders took up the fight after Cochise's surrender, including Goyaałé (Geronimo).
June 8, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Other Apache leaders took up the fight after Cochise's surrender, including Goyaałé (Geronimo).
In the final US Army campaign against Geronimo (Goyaałé), it took more than 5,000 U.S. Army Cavalry soldiers, to subdue no more than 70 (only 38 by the end) Chiricahua Apache who had fled the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.
June 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
In the final US Army campaign against Geronimo (Goyaałé), it took more than 5,000 U.S. Army Cavalry soldiers, to subdue no more than 70 (only 38 by the end) Chiricahua Apache who had fled the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation.
The US Army literally set up travelling exhibits of these human zoos to humiliate a captured Goyaałé/Geronimo
(Sorry, Special Interest Activated)
(Sorry, Special Interest Activated)
August 25, 2024 at 9:29 PM
The US Army literally set up travelling exhibits of these human zoos to humiliate a captured Goyaałé/Geronimo
(Sorry, Special Interest Activated)
(Sorry, Special Interest Activated)
In North America, Europeans, while stealing land and murdering the people living on it, "hunted down" and kidnapped Apache leader and resistance fighter Goyaałé from his native lands. During his captivity, he was used as a tourist attraction and told by Roosevelt that he was "not a good Indian".
It was around 500 years ago when Europeans kidnapped Incan emperor Atahualpa after butchering his bodyguards.
January 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
In North America, Europeans, while stealing land and murdering the people living on it, "hunted down" and kidnapped Apache leader and resistance fighter Goyaałé from his native lands. During his captivity, he was used as a tourist attraction and told by Roosevelt that he was "not a good Indian".
"Geronimo"
21 cm × 30 cm
Oil on canvas
#oilpainting #art #pixelfedart #mastoart #mastodonart #FediArt
#geronimo #Goyaałé #Apache
21 cm × 30 cm
Oil on canvas
#oilpainting #art #pixelfedart #mastoart #mastodonart #FediArt
#geronimo #Goyaałé #Apache
December 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
"Geronimo"
21 cm × 30 cm
Oil on canvas
#oilpainting #art #pixelfedart #mastoart #mastodonart #FediArt
#geronimo #Goyaałé #Apache
21 cm × 30 cm
Oil on canvas
#oilpainting #art #pixelfedart #mastoart #mastodonart #FediArt
#geronimo #Goyaałé #Apache
Our chat with Josh Davidson about the upcoming book “Rattling The Cages” & Running Down The Walls, Sean Swain on the life & legacy of Goyaałé, aka Geronimo, + A-Radio Network members on the role of radio in anarchist & movements, recorded at St-Imier
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2023/09...
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2023/09...
September 10, 2023 at 2:25 PM
Our chat with Josh Davidson about the upcoming book “Rattling The Cages” & Running Down The Walls, Sean Swain on the life & legacy of Goyaałé, aka Geronimo, + A-Radio Network members on the role of radio in anarchist & movements, recorded at St-Imier
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2023/09...
thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2023/09...