Onondaga Nation leaders blast 'Geronimo' codename for Bin Laden - LMFAO

[Soul Crusher]

Onondaga Nation leaders blast 'Geronimo' codename for Bin Laden
Syracuse NY: The Post-Standard ^ | Tuesday, May 03, 2011, 9:32 PM | Charles McChesney /

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Leaders of the Onondaga Nation blasted as “reprehensible” the assigning of the world’s most wanted terrorist “Geronimo” as a codename.

Bin Laden was killed during an attack on his compound in Pakistan Sunday. “We’ve ID’d Geronimo,” U.S. forces reported by radio to the White House. Later, word came that “Geronimo” was dead.

“Think of the outcry if they had used any other ethnic group’s hero,” the Onondaga Council of Chiefs said in a release Tuesday. “Geronimo bravely and heroically defended his homeland and his people, eventually surrendering and living out the rest of his days peacefully, if in captivity,” the chiefs noted.

“Geronimo is arguably the most recognized Native American name in the world,” the chiefs said, “and this comparison only serves to perpetuate negative stereotypes about our people.”

Geronimo was an Apache leader who fought Mexican and U.S. forces before surrendering to U.S. authorities in 1886. He died in 1909.


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[whork25]

Im guess you cant make everybody happy

[Soul Crusher]

I guess they should have called OBL  -  "MLK"  or "Sinatra"  or "Tito Puente" or "Ghandi" or something to satify these pricks.   

ha ha ha ha. 

[whork25]

Some people are just to sensitive apparently these Native Indians have nothing else to do than bitch about a name. Dont people work anymore?

[Soul Crusher]

Senate official: Wrong to link bin Laden, Geronimo
www.yahoo.com ^ | 5 4 11




WASHINGTON – The top staffer for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee is objecting to the U.S. military's use of the code name "Geronimo" for Osama bin Laden during the raid that killed the al-Qaida leader.

Geronimo was an Apache leader in the 19th century who spent many years fighting the Mexican and U.S. armies until his surrender in 1886. Loretta Tuell, staff director and chief counsel for the Senate Indian Affairs Committee, said Tuesday it was inappropriate to link Geronimo, whom she called "one of the greatest Native American heroes," with one of the most hated enemies of the United States.

"These inappropriate uses of Native American icons and cultures are prevalent throughout our society, and the impacts to Native and non-Native children are devastating," Tuell said...


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[loco]

Bin Laden's code name should have been Madre Foca.   

Madre = Mother

Foca = Sea Lion

Get it?

 

[Soul Crusher]

Congress to Examine "Inappropriate" and "Devastating" Use of "Geronimo" Codename in bin Laden...
ABC News ^

Posted on Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Congress to Examine "Inappropriate" and "Devastating" Use of "Geronimo" Codename in bin Laden Mission

May 04, 2011 10:25 AM

ABC News’ Matthew Jaffe (@jaffematt) reports:

The Senate Indian Affairs committee will hold a hearing Thursday on racist Native American stereotypes, a hearing that will now also address the Osama bin Laden mission and the code-name Geronimo.

While the hearing was scheduled before the mission, a committee aide today said the linking of the name Geronimo with the world’s most wanted man is “inappropriate” and can have a “devastating” impact on kids.

“The hearing was scheduled well before the Osama bin Laden operation became news, but the concerns over the linking of the name of Geronimo, one of the greatest Native American heroes, with the most hated enemies of the United States is an example of the kinds of issues we intended to address at Thursday's hearing,” Loretta Tuell, the committee's chief counsel, said in a statement.

“These inappropriate uses of Native American icons and cultures are prevalent throughout our society, and the impacts to Native and non-Native children are devastating,” Tuell said. “We intend to open the forum to talk about them.”

The Senate committee is chaired by Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii. Thursday’s 2:15p hearing will examine how Wild West shows, Hollywood films, and Indigenous-themed sports mascots have shaped the perception of Native Americans, according to a press release. Witnesses include Tex Hall of the Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association, Suzan Shown Harjo of the Morning Star Institute, Charlene Teters of the Institute of American Indian Arts, Stephanie Fryberg of the University of Arizona, Chaske Spencer of Urban Dream Productions, Jim Warne of Warrior Society Development.


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[Dos Equis]

Oh Geeze Louise.   

[Soul Crusher]

Oh Geeze Louise.   

I almost busted a gut when I read this.   

ha ha h aha!!!!!

[The True Adonis]

Apaches were absolutely horrible people.  They were quite fond of raping and torture and at times eating their victims bodyparts why they were dying.