Code Name 'Geronimo' Sparks Anger
President Obama said he knew the mission to execute Osama bin Laden was complete when he heard "Geronimo" had been killed. Some Native Americans are angry about the name association between the global terrorist and Geronimo. They're asking Obama to apologize. Host Michel Martin discusses the controversy with Tim Johnson of the National Museum of the American Indian.
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MICHEL MARTIN, host: I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News.
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But, first, we'd like to take a moment to talk about a persistent sour note for some Americans following the successful conclusion to the 10-year hunt for terrorist leader Osama bin Laden. He was hunted down and killed by U.S. Special Forces just over a week ago in a mission reportedly named Geronimo. Now, the Defense Department and the intelligence services have told us they do not confirm operational details, including code names. But President Obama made mention of it in an interview with the CBS News program "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday night.
(Soundbite of TV show "60 Minutes")
President BARACK OBAMA: There was a point before folks had left. Before we had gotten everybody back on the helicopter and were flying back to base, where they said Geronimo has been killed. And Geronimo was the code name for bin Laden.
MARTIN: Now, the use of the name of the legendary Apache leader Geronimo has caused anger and (unintelligible) hurt feelings among many Native Americans, and not just members of the Apache tribe. We wanted to get perspective on this so we've called on Tim Johnson. He is the associate director for museum programs at the National Museum of the American Indian, which happens to have an exhibition on Chiricahua Apache up right now. And, actually, Geronimo was a member of that tribe. Tim Johnson is also a former executive editor of Indian Country Today. That's the nation's leading American Indian newspaper and he's also a member of the Mohawk tribe. And he's here with us in our Washington, D.C. studio. Welcome. Thank you so much for joining us.
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