Boarding School and Land Allotment Eras 1879-1933

1892

Chiricahua Apaches and Geronimo are imprisoned without due process

Chiricahua Apaches at the Carlisle Indian School. Image: J. N. Choate
Chiricahua Apaches at the Carlisle Indian School. Image: J. N. Choate

Geronimo and Apaches are transferred from a Florida prison to Mount Vernon Barracks in Alabama without due process of law and treated as prisoners of war (Nies, 1996).

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