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Geronimo E-KIA, a poem by the 1491s

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    Geronimo was not killed in Pakistan.
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    Geronimo was a college student in Lawrence
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    who refuses to be a statistic.
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    Geronimo was not killed in Pakistan.
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    He's alive in a woman from Oakland
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    who tutors and mentors indian kids growin' up in the city.
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    He is alive in a single mother from Tahlequah
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    who talks to her kids in indian because she won't give up
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    one
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    more
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    inch
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    He lives in the young family from Los Angeles
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    who moved back home
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    so their kids would grow up in their ways.
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    He lives in the tribal council woman from Anadarko
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    who puts all her self interest aside
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    and votes for her people.
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    He was not a billionnaire
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    who cowardly commanded planes into towers.
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    He was not a code name
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    or a mission call sign.
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    Geronimo did not die in Abbottabad.
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    He is alive in Sisseton
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    living in the Elder who refuses to die.
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    That fluent speaker that shows up every day
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    Saving the language one story at a time.
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    He lives the lawyer from Black River Falls
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    who beats them at their own game.
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    He is alive in the domestic violence victim from White Cloud
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    who decided to fight back.
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    He is not a suicide victim,
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    but a friend from Cannon Ball who will talk you out of it if you just call.
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    He is a u.s. army sniper scout from Pawhuska
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    that climbed the mountains of Afghanistan
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    looking for Al-Qaeda
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    He is a civil servant from Gila River
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    who learned the entire system
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    just so she could get it off the backs of her people.
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    He is the grant writer from Shiprock
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    who stays up all night trying to get her people access to drinkable water.
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    He's a paramedic from Wide Ruins
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    who drives the ambulance faster because he knows no other help is coming.
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    He is the farmer from Holdenville
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    who knows he's planting more than just seeds in the ground.
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    He is alive in the woman from Sky City
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    who prays before every meal because that's how she was raised.
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    He's the filmmaker from Mesa
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    who says this story isn't just about Geronimo.
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    He is the parent from San Felipe
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    that volunteers to take the kids to all the soccer games
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    because she likes to see them win.
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    He lives in the professor from Honolulu
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    who fights day after day for the sovereignty of her people.
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    He is a tribal maintenance man from Wewoka
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    who would give the shirt off his back if you asked him.
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    He is alive in the fisherman from Neah Bay
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    who refused to get out of his boat.
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    Geronimo was not killed in a Pakistani mansion.
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    He is the social worker from Pawnee
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    who does more with less.
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    He is alive in the old man from Clinton
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    who tells the kids where the songs came from.
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    He lives in the nurse from Bristow
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    who would lay down her life if it meant her people would stop hurting.
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    Geronimo is the history teacher from Akwesasne
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    who knows the truth does not come in versions.
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    He lives in the Hōkūle‘a
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    traveling the Pacific by stars.
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    He is the youth worker from Fort Yates
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    taking her nieces and nephews to ceremony every chance she gets.
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    He lives in the community organizer from Fort McMurray
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    who is fighting the tar sands
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    the largest destructive development
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    on the planet.
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    He is alive in a chief from Arctic Village
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    who went to the United Nations to fight for his people's territory.
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    He is a language immersion teacher from Browning
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    telling his students why they must wear moccasins
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    instead of Nike's in their school.
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    Geronimo lives in Post Falls
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    Mount Pleasant.
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    Red Lake.
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    Chinle.
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    White Swan.
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    Gray Horse.
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    Miyeda
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    [ ? ]
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    Horton
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    Red Rock
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    Campo
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    Clear Lake
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    Hoopa
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    Wombley
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    Bishop
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    Wind River
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    Marty
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    Laguna
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    Waimānalo
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    Burns
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    San Carlos
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    Mescalero
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    Rocky Boy
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    Yurington
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    Stroud
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    Shinnecock
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    Juneau
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    Geronimo was not killed in Pakistan.
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    He is a government worker from Fort Berthold
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    that shut down the oil rig from dumping sludge in the creek.
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    He is a track star from Gallup
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    who runs like his heart is on fire.
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    He's the Grandmother from Windigo
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    teaching her granddaughter to bead.
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    He's the Grandfather from Porcupine
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    teaching his grandson how to take care of horses.
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    The father from the the [ ? ]
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    teaching his son how to harvest wild rice.
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    A mother from Tama
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    teaching her daughter to sing.
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    He is every Apache living in Lawton
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    right now.
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    Geronimo isn't dead.
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    He's alive.
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    He's alive.
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    He's alive.
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    He's alive.
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    He is alive in me.
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    me
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    me
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    and me.
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    And his real name
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    wasn't Geronimo.
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    His people call him
Title:
Geronimo E-KIA, a poem by the 1491s
Description:

Accompanying music by A Tribe Called Red

On May 1st around 3:30pm President Obama received a message from a Navy SEAL saying "Geronimo- E KIA" the code meaning Osama bin Laden is dead. We humbly disagree.

Geronimo was a product of his environment. A human. One with flaws. One with enough history that the person charged with defining who he is can shape the narrative any which way he likes. People chase him today, just as they did then. His story, or peoples versions of it, lead us to this point where we are today. But this poem isn't about Geronimo is it?

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