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Geronimo Tee

Geronimo Tee

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He was never a chief. Goyahkla, renamed Geronimo, was a warrior who led one of the last bands to refuse removal, evading thousands of soldiers across the borderlands with a few dozen people. He surrendered in 1886 on a promise that his group could return to Arizona. The promise was broken, and he spent twenty-three years as a prisoner of war. By 1904 he was being shown at the St. Louis World's Fair, selling photographs of himself for a quarter and permitted to keep a dime, signing his name for whatever anyone would pay. He died in custody in 1909 without ever going home. The name on this shirt is his own signature, the one he sold for pocket change while under guard. For people who know whose name they are using.

A Geronimo graphic tee for readers of Indigenous history, students of the American West, and anyone who wants the real story behind a borrowed name. The Chiricahua Apache warrior holding a lever-action rifle upright, neckerchief at his throat, beneath his own handwritten signature. A gift for history readers and people who check what a word meant first.

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Jakub G.
respectful and strong

Portrait treats the subject seriously. Appreciated that.

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Zofia S.
detail in the face

The lines around the eyes carry the whole design.

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Piotr W.
good weight cotton

Substantial without being hot. Wearing it into autumn.