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> From: "Andreas" <catalau...@yahoo.com> > Date: August 11, 2010 1:56:49 AM PDT > To: c...@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [ctrl] Judge dismisses Geronimo lawsuit > Reply-To: c...@yahoogroups.com > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/7937280/Judge-dismisses-Geronimo-lawsuit.html > > Judge dismisses Geronimo lawsuit > A lawsuit filed by descendants of the Native American chieftain Geronimo, who > claimed some of his remains were stolen in 1918 by the secretive Skull and > Bones society of Yale University, has been dismissed by a federal judge. > > Published: 5:17PM BST 10 Aug 2010 > > > Geronimo died of pneumonia in 1909 as a prisoner of war at Fort Sill after > decades spent fighting against US and Mexican expansion into Apache lands > Photo: AFP/GETTY The lawsuit was filed last year in Washington by 20 > descendants who want to rebury the Apache warrior near his New Mexico > birthplace. > > It claimed that during the First World War, Skull and Bones members, > including Prescott Bush, the grandfather of former US President George W > Bush, took the remains from a burial plot at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, where > Geronimo died in 1909. > > > Related Articles > Geronimo's descendants demand return of 'stolen' remains > Lewis and Clark in murder mystery 200 years after their final expedition > Allen Stanford expects to be indicted 'within two weeks' > The Open 2010: slow play is a royal pain in the backside > Wimbledon 2009: Roger Federer awaits tougher tests en route to final > Raise your glasses to the great grapes of BritainJudge Richard Roberts last > month granted a Justice Department motion to dismiss, saying the plaintiffs > did not establish the government had waived its right not to be sued without > its consent. > > He also dismissed the lawsuit against Yale and the society, which is not > officially affiliated with the university, saying the plaintiffs cited a law > that applies only to Native American cultural items excavated or discovered > after 1990. > > Geronimo died aged 79 as a prisoner of war at Fort Sill after decades spent > fighting against US and Mexican expansion into Apache lands. > > The Skull and Bones illustrious membership includes three former US > presidents, including Mr Bush and his father. > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > www.ctrl.org > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER > ========== > ctrl is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic > screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid > matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis-directions and > outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor > effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. > That being said, ctrl gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and > always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. ctrl gives no credence > to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. > > There are two list running, c...@yahoogroups and c...@listserv.aol.com, > c...@yahoogroups has unlimited posting and is more for discussion. > c...@listserv.aol.com is more for informational exchange and has limited > posting abilities. > > Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. > > Omimited posting abilities. > > Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. > > OmYahoo! Groups Links > > >
