When it became public that Osama bin Laden s death was announced with the phrase Geronimo, EKIA many Native people, including Geronimo s descendants, were insulted to discover that the name of a Native patriot was used as a code name for a world-class terrorist. Geronimo descendant Harlyn Geronimo explained, Obviously to equate Geronimo with Osama bin Laden is an unpardonable slander of Native America and its most famous leader. The Militarization of Indian Country illuminates the historical context of these negative stereotypes, the long political and economic relationship...