Dans une lettre à George W. Bush, Harlyn Geronimo, petit-fils du chef apache Geronimo, lui demande en tant que président et ancien membre de la fraternité étudiante Skull and Bones de permettre le retour du crâne et du fémur de son grand-père.

“I am requesting his help in getting the remains – the skull and the femur – returned, if they were taken. According to our traditions the remains of this sort, especially in this state when the grave was desecrated … need to be reburied with the proper rituals. To return the dignity and let his spirits rest in peace … is important in our tradition.”

En effet, ces restes seraient en la possession de la Skull and Bones comme le laisse penser cette lettre d’un membre à un autre et datant de 1918 (source) :

…announces that the remains dug up at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, by a group that included Charles C. Haffner Jr. ‘19 (a new member, or “Knight”), have been deposited in the society’s headquarters (the “Tomb”): “The skull of the worthy Geronimo the Terrible, exhumed from its tomb at Fort Sill by your club & the K — t [Knight] Haffner, is now safe inside the T — [Tomb] together with his well worn femurs[,] bit & saddle horn.”

Il n’y a pas eu de réponse à cette lettre, néanmoins si cela s’avérait exact, la NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) pourrait s’impliquer et donner un tour légal à ce qui n’est, pour l’instant, qu’une demande polie.
En souhaitant qu’il ne sera pas nécessaire d’en arriver là, on ne peut que rejoindre Kambiz Kamrani :

I really hope Bush steps up to the plate and personally resolves this issue with Geronimo’s relatives. Descendants of the Apache are deserving of at least this level of response, especially considering their families were obliterated and their graves disgraced and robbed.

Source : Anthropology.net.