American Experience: Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

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We Shall Remain has an informative episode dedicated to Geronimo, but I like this DVD better. What I liked about this DVD was that there were a lot of interviews with articulate and thoughtful people who were descendants of Geronimo or people involved with him some way during that time. The biggest difference between this DVD and the episode from We Shall Remain is that so many different, broader perspectives are presented.As an example, one of the descendants who speaks in the DVD was related to one of the scouts that talked to Geronimo before Geronimo's surrender. In other versions, I've most often heard this presented as betrayal or portrayed as "Indians turning against each other." What I learned in this version was that there were at least two factions within Geronimo's own Chiricahua Apache tribe. Those who followed the chief and Geronimo, and those who no longer wanted to fight and went to live on the desolate reservation forced by the government. The views offered in this DVD explain how hard this was on the people on both sides and how they tried to work through this with each other but ended up in different places. The scouts who went to find and talk to Geronimo before his surrender were ultimately sent to the internment camp with Geronimo and his people. The descendant of the scout speaks of how this was truly betrayal by the government to the scouts, and yet how Geronimo was accepting of the scouts on the trip (which supports Joseph Bruchac's well-researched version of Geronimo as well).I also think the psychological mindset behind Geronimo was explained more in this DVD, or the dots were connected more somehow. They spoke to how his resistance was directly related to the earlier murders of his family.Did you know Geronimo was a medicine man and not a chief? That was a surprise for me to learn this after all I had read, this fact hadn't sunk in until I watched this DVD! Also, I'm also still amazed by the fact that a quarter of the United States army, 5,000 soldiers, were sent to hunt down the 39 of Geronimo's (and his chief's) group who were still in hiding. This DVD is full of relevant facts for history.If you want history told from the people related to those involved (and one recording from someone who was actually there), this is the DVD for you. '

it was a good informative doc. things were shown that i didnt know. if you like real history --watch this. its not done by white people with college degrees in political correctness.

This is a documentary style movie. The people talking and interviewed are Geronimos friends, family...what was left of them. People that were there or were connected to such people. No cowboy hype or drama just real story. Heartbreaking in sincerity. Geronimo was a medicine man always wanting peace. The soldiers blue and government made this impossible. 27 odd years he had to live outside european law.Great to hear such honesty. All red blooded americans should hear this! Ghandi that wore feathers. Very humbling to see such truth and wisdom.

If you're looking for historical insight on this great American named Geronimo look somewhere else and not in this DVD. The problem with white-liberal history is that it tries to make believe American Indians were politically correct tribes that believe in nonsense like "equity" and "peace." American Indians just like Africans, Arab, and European whites enslaved their enemies too. Let's remember Geronimo as the great, beautiful and vicious leader and warrior that he was and not try to rationalize his behavior and existence in today's corrupt politically-correct nonsense.

Good documentary about an important soul and his fight for his people. Worth watching. The white man still doesn't have a conscience for the mass murders and land-grabbing they committed against the First Peoples of this land.

I bought this for a friend who is part Apache. Since she doesn't have access to a computer to watch at PBS, I bought her the CD. She watched it over and over, and it helped her re-connect with part of her heritage.

A good quality film telling the end of the Apache nation

It's alright for a documentary but I thought it showed some Indians fighting the soldiers. But it was just all talk so I gave it away.