Re: Geronimo
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In reply to:
Geronimo
Yvonne Rivir 11/30/08
Hi, Yvonne-
This may be difficult, because the Apache Tribe is scattered among any number of Apache "Bands" and have some pretty drastic requirements. Since Geronimo had been a member of the Chiricahua Band when he died, you may want to contact them.
The majority of the Chiricahua band now resides in the Mescalero Reservation, and according to THE CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS OF THE APACHE TRIBE OF THE MESCALERO RESERVATION OF NEW MEXICO, their membership rules are as follows:
"ARTICLE II-MEMBERSHIP
SECTION 1. The membership of the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation shall consist of all persons enrolled on the 1935 census of the tribe, all children of resident members, and all children of nonresident members who have resided on the reservation for 5 years.
SEC. 2. The tribal business committee shall have power to pass ordinances, subject to the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, covering the adoption of new members, except that no person shall be adopted into the tribe who has not resided upon the reservation for a probationary period to be fixed by resolution of the committee."
Good luck
Jerri (Rogers) Chasteen
Claremore OK