The Apache community whose dignity is most directly affected by the mystery is far less visible in that coverage than the Yale connection or the presidential family connection.

Centering the story correctly means holding the celebrity connection and the institutional interest in their proper place — as aspects of the mystery’s visibility, not its substance.

The substance is the remains of a human being and the right of his community to know where he rests.

What The Army Records Say

The official U.S.

Army records of Geronimo’s death and burial are clear.

He died on February 17, 1909, at the Fort Sill hospital.