Executive Branch Blocking Reburial of Geronimo

Geronimo's descendants are filing suit against the US government to rebury their ancestor's remains in New Mexico. And the US government is trying to block it. And by US government, I mean the executive branch, specifically our president and secretary of defense (and their lawyers).

Assuming the Skull and Bones did not steal Geronimo's skull back in 19-whenever, this man's remains staying in Oklahoma is about like burying George Washington in Canada. It just aint right. If his descendants wish to transport the remains of one of their former leader that should be their right, and the US government has no say in the matter. They can take it up with the Apache's living in OK, and decide between themselves where the remains should lie, if there's any conflict of interest.

Furthermore, let's dig it up. Let's see if some one actually did steal those remains. Test it genetically, and then FIND THEM.
If Yale is intent on clearing its name and its association with one of the most persistent conspiracy theories out there, then heck, have an investigation. Bring in the FBI. Use tax payer money. Call it a historical justice stimulus package if you want. If there is not truth to it, the remains should be in Ft. Sill right? If there is truth to it, then somebody needs to find them.

Furthermore, there's nothing funny about desecration of the dead. If there is this society (again, I'm not saying there is, and I think if it does exist its just an ivy-league excuse for a kegger every few weeks), and they are abusing some one's DEAD BODY like this, then they need to be held responsible. Doesn't matter who stole it. It does matter who is still doing it. If its still being used by students on Yale campus, it is the responsibility of the university to penalize or discipline them. Once Yale has expelled those students involved, start a federal investigation on the individuals implicated. Again, if they exist, nobody in that group over the past 90 years thought, "You know... maybe we shouldn't be messing around with a man's skull that we stole from his grave?"

But what is getting me is the hypocrisy of this. I'm not a lawyer, so maybe there's some legal precedent that needs to be upheld, and the suit has to be modified so it gels with whatever court mumbo-jumbo has to be done. But as I recall there was recently a Senate approved apology for slavery. Is the return of a man's remains to his homeland not "change we can believe in", while a hollow resolution of "oh yeah, our bad" is acceptable?

Come on! Just exhume the remains at Ft. Sill, have observers from both parties catalogue the remains. Once its determined if anything is missing, surrender the remains to the Apache and allow them to bury their kinsman in peace.