It's a fair question. In 1995/96 when the kerfuffle went down,
the number links on web were nothing by today's standard. Heck,
I remember reading discussion surrounding the disagreement on
usenet, and at the time, the web was still fairly new.
The main issue I wanted to point out is how their revisionist history is entirely disingenuous, and their refusal to give the domain to the Apache Nation pretty much proves the level of respect they really have for the Native American tribe.
As a person with the first name of "John" I'm certainly aware of how easy it is for a single name to be shared, but sadly, domain names don't work that way.
Oddly enough, it seems someone has edited wikipedia to match the revisionist history.