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Native American Geronimo ll
Published: 2010-10-24 17:13:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 21150; Favourites: 552; Downloads: 1106
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Geronimo, Apache born in1829 in the Bedonkohe subtribe. He was fourth of a family of 4 boys and 4 girls. 4 of his children have been killed by mexicans and 4 have been held in bondage by the us government.As a young man he had a vision in which a spirit voice told him bullets could not kill him, and so it proved, though his body was riddled with more than half a dozen wounds. He died a prisoner of war at fort sill.
`It is my land, my home, my fathers land, to which i now ask to be allowed to return. I want to spend my last days there, and be buried among those mountains. If this could be I might die in peace, feeling that my people, placed in their native homes, would increase in numbers, rather than diminish as at present, and that our name would not become extinct`
He never got home..despite promises that had been made when he surrendered to the us army on september 3 1886... The Apaches got out of exile only in 1913 when they were moved to the Mescalero reservation.
Wet Clay, about lifesize
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This looks like someone whos had enough of people's BS
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the term is acctually called, Apache native, instead of native american. just for a heads up
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You caught the pain and sorrow in his eyes, but the grim determination to fight on in the set of his jaw. If the government is thinking of replacing Andrew Jackson on the $20.00 bill, then I would nominate Geronimo as one of several choices of Native Americans for that honor.
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Hail to one of the five great war chiefs! Amazing stuff.
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omg!! wow you've done it very well, you're pretty goOd!
i'm happy to see that some people are still conserned about what he did... and what we("white people") have done to them.. i found it so injust and sad..
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Wow... this is amazing!
And what a great person to do a sculpture of!
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truly amazing... and I mean it - I don't write it often
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What an incredible piece! This is so lovely! The expression and the hair! Wonderful! Congrats on your DD!
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wow, this is gorgeous <3 you can even read the severity and concern in his eyes, beautiful <3
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Speaking from experience (I’m Cherokee) Native Americans tend to have extremely fine body hair to the point of being nearly invisible. The eyebrows are often thin and light in color like mine, but not always.
Also, the Lady Veterinarian I live with is Apache and an indirect descendant of Geronimo, and she sends her complete approval. So much Native American art by non-Indians (and by many who are) tends to be a bit cheesy. You allow the subject to speak for itself without stereotypical icons. She also remarked how much it would look like her grandfather if the nose was a little smaller.
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This is incredible how Doctor Who can lead us to wiseness... *0*
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Uh, I wanted to say "knowledge" xo
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You have created one fantastic looking model, he would be so very proud of you. You have been given great talent or should I say a gift. I really look forward to seeing more of your beautiful art, Thank you so much for sharing!
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You got him spot on accurate. Being of Native American heritage myself, it's rather important to know about the past.
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Thanx to everybody who likes it, and specially to Labyrinth Creations for this dd
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Good. I like specially the determinated facial expression.
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This is amazing, the details are superb! i recognized him at first glance ahah! may i ask where you got the quote?
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I got it from a t-shirt that I bought while over in the USA for a short holiday
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could do without the bleeding heart homeland security BS
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Could do without the being a dick about it
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i think putting it there in the first place is a dick move no?
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It likewise infuriates me that indigenous people remember shit...
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oh please save that sarcasm for someone else.
there is NO NATION on this planet (including the many many many instances of tribal warfare) that is not built on the bones of another.
As long as smarmy comments like that are brought up there will never be peace.
but let's be honest some people NEED to pretend they are victims, even when they are not.
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Great sculpt, but what really brings this to brilliance, is your little caption about Homeland Security.
I have a lot of admiration for Geronimo, and your art really does him justice
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Good job. My wife is half Mescalero. Her mother was from that reservation. Her father was from the reservation we live on now. Viejas res of the Kumeyaay Mission Indians. Good work. looks exactly like him.
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'The proud and wise' energy that exudes from this piece is great.Good achievement!
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Nice DD... Congratulations and Happy New Year!
-Scarlet
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I am actually partly from this tribe, and I felt a lot of spirit come from this piece. This was beautifully done, and I love the history that you added in the description. <3
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Here's to Native heritage! Up high~
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Oh yeah! *High fives*
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Was he pure-blood Native American? As far as I know, pure-blood NA's don't have facial hair (eyebrows, beard, mustache, or sideburns)
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They probably all have hair. Probably more in an Asian way and not like caucasian man. But I do know that within many tribes it was as custom to remove facial hair.
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