Indian Country Law Enforcement Memorial
The United States Indian Police Academy, Artesia, NM, is the home of the Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial which honors those officers who have made the supreme sacrifice in Indian Country. Each year on the first Thursday of May, a sacred ceremony is held at the IPA FLETC Artesia Site in remembrance of those enshrined on the memorial.
Memorial Sites
The Memorial Design
The Memorial Site was designed with the Native American traditions in mind. The Memorial is encompassed by the Circle of Life. The circle is broken in one location to allow for entrance and departure. There is sage planted in all four directions next to the Memorial to sanctify the site. The four planter areas are filled with white, yellow, black, and red rocks. This indicates that we are all brothers and sisters in the world. The formation area is done in earth-tone brown indicating Mother Earth. The foliage is configured in a manner relating to the Native American beliefs and traditions. Upon completion of the ceremonies conducted each year, the site remains sacred ground for all Indian Nations.
Paying Tribute
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Every training day, Academy Cadets bear the distinct honor of paying tribute to those officers on the memorial, in recognition of their supreme sacrifice. Cadets march in formation to the memorial for a moment of silence, render a salute, and individually file past the memorial. Cadets are instilled with the honor of service and affirmation of the significance of the profession.
| Name | End of Watch | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Chin-Chi-Kee | 01-10-1852 | Chickasaw Nation |
| Benjamin F. Jones | 09-20-1876 | Choctaw Nation |
| Culpepper Cobert | 12-07-1878 | Chickasaw Nation |
| John Green | 12-25-1878 | Cherokee Nation |
| John R. Boston | 07-20-1881 | Chickasaw Nation |
| Joe Barnett | 07-30-1882 | Creek Nation |
| Sam Scott | 07-30-1882 | Creek Nation |
| Henry McGill | 11-03-1883 | Chickasaw Nation |
| Sam Cudgo | 03-29-1885 | Chickasaw Nation |
| Thomas Cloud | 03-31-1885 | Seminole Nation |
| Frank West | 12-17-1886 | Cherokee Nation |
| Sam Six Killer | 12-24-1886 | Union Agency Muskogee |
| Williams Will Fields | 12-24-1887 | Creek Nation |
| Jack Candy | 01-28-1888 | Cherokee Nation |
| Med Hair | 01-28-1888 | Cherokee Nation |
| John Armstrong | 12-15-1890 | Standing Rock |
| Paul Akicitah | 12-15-1890 | Standing Rock |
| Henry Bullhead | 12-15-1890 | Standing Rock |
| David Hawkman | 12-15-1890 | Standing Rock |
| James Little Eagle | 12-15-1890 | Standing Rock |
| Charles Shave Head | 12-15-1890 | Standing Rock |
| Armstead Homer | 05-16-1891 | Choctaw Nation |
| Sequoyah Houstan | 06-17-1894 | Cherokee Nation |
| Issac Walkingstick | 07-29-1894 | Cherokee Nation |
| Robert Marshal | 09-10-1894 | Cherokee Nation |
| Joe Big Knife | 10-22-1895 | Union Agency Muskogee |
| Charles Proctor | 08-10-1896 | Cherokee Nation |
| Jeff Surratt | 12-05-1900 | Choctaw Nation |
| Cub Burney | 07-17-1901 | Choctaw Nation |
| W. M. Russell | 12-24-1904 | Choctaw Nation |
| Ben Collins | 08-01-1906 | Chickasaw Nation |
| Robert Leo Bowman | 09-19-1912 | Union Agency Muskogee |
| Henry Oats | 02-06-1925 | Osage Nation |
| Dennis Titla, Sr. | 04-12-1960 | San Carlos |
| Nathan Norman Bear | 07-14-1960 | Fort Berthold |
| Alan L. St. Clair | 10-03-1965 | Wind River Agency |
| Adolph Frederick Bush | 02-05-1967 | Uintah and Ouray |
| Roy Richard Bradshaw | 08-27-1973 | Colville Tribal Police Department |
| Phillip N. Lopez | 04-01-1975 | Ute Mountain |
| Loren B. Whitehat, Sr. | 05-10-1979 | Navajo Nation |
| Milton Paul Antone | 04-14-1983 | Ak-Chin |
| John K. Healy | 03-14-1986 | Ute Mountain |
| Louis A. Millard | 08-27-1986 | Colville Tribal Police Department |
| Roy Lee Stanley | 12-05-1987 | Navajo Nation |
| Andy Begay | 12-05-1987 | Navajo Nation |
| Burton Begay | 11-17-1975 | Navajo Nation |
| Leroy A. Pine, Jr. | 07-23-1988 | Crow Agency |
| Dean Martin James | 09-17-1988 | Hopi Agency |
| Terry L. Spotted Wolf, Sr. | 09-20-1988 | Northern Cheyenne |
| Delford H. Kay | 11-22-1990 | Ute Mountain |
| Carl N. Wilson | 01-03-1991 | Seminole of Florida |
| Donald Dante Thornbury | 10-26-1991 | Miccosukee |
| Jeffrey S. Skenandore | 03-30-1993 | Oneida Nation |
| Ishkoten Koteen | 05-08-1961 | Jicarilla |
| Milburn Williamson | 12-05-1976 | Choctaw Agency |
| Jake James McCullough | 12-05-1981 | Hannahville Tribal Police Department |
| Roderick Henry | 09-14-1988 | Columbia River Fisheries |
| Kevin Tilman Lewis | 01-17-1993 | Pima Agency |
| George Comes at Night | 04-15-1962 | Blackfeet Agency |
| Isaac Benjamin Martinez | 04-10-1994 | San Ildefonso Pueblo |
| Ronald A. Williams | 06-26-1975 | FBI, Pine Ridge |
| Jack Coler | 06-26-1975 | FBI, Pine Ridge |
| Louis Abeita | 01-12-1921 | Isleta Pueblo |
| Glenn R. Miles, Sr. | 02-21-1986 | U.S. Customs, Tohono O'Odham |
| Michael G. Miller | 08-28-1995 | BIA, Branch of Drug Enforcement |
| Ronald Eugene Kelley | 11-20-1995 | Ak-Chin Police Department |
| Hoskie Allen Gene | 01-06-1996 | Navajo Nation |
| Charles W. Lane | 09-02-1996 | Navajo County Sheriff's Office |
| Samuel E. Redhouse | 02-17-1997 | Navajo Nation |
| David Zesiger | 07-03-1992 | Arizona Department of Public Safety |
| William Bearshield | 07-26-1976 | Rosebud Tribal Police Department |
| Michael Delgado | 04-09-1998 | Tohono O’Odham Nation Police Department |
| Jack L. Spencer, Sr. | 09-05-1998 | BIA, Western Nevada Agency |
| Defford Thomas Oyebi, Jr. | 12-20-1998 | Otoe-Missouria Tribal Police Department |
| Esther Todacheene | 06-08-1998 | Navajo Nation Department of Public Safety |
| Winsonfred A. Filfred | 04-02-1999 | Navajo Nation Department of Public Safety |
| Tenny Gatewood, Jr. | 12-09-1999 | Whiteriver Tribal Police Department |
| Kelmar One Feather | 07-01-2000 | Oglala Lakota Nation |
| Creighton T. Spencer | 03-25-2001 | BIA, Eastern Nevada Agency |
| Shelby D. Blackfox | 11-06-2001 | Cherokee Nation Marshal Service |
| John Red Horse | 11-16-1894 | Pine Ridge Reservation |
| Lloyd R. Aragon, Sr. | 08-01-2001 | New Mexico State Police |
| Glenn Hollow Horn | 04-05-1980 | Oglala Lakota Nation |
| Robert J. Taylor, Sr. | 05-27-2002 | Chippewa Cree Law Enforcement |
| Adam Hawk | 02-28-1910 | Quinault Tribal Police Department |
| John “Hoh” Williams | 02-28-1910 | Quinault Tribal Police Department |
| Nicholas D. Greenig | 03-14-2006 | U.S. Border Patrol |
| Adam Joseph Menuez | 07-04-2007 | Fallon Paiute Shoshone Tribal Police Department |
| Frank Horn Cloud | 03-10-1910 | Pine Ridge Reservation |
| A.H. Scott | 06-22-1925 | BIA, Department of the Interior |
| Joshua Yazzie | 06-07-2010 | Uintah and Ouray Tribal Police Department |
| Anthony Wallace | 08-29-2010 | Hoonah Village Police Department |
| Matthew Tokuoka | 08-28-2010 | Hoonah Village Police Department |
| George DeBates | 12-19-2004 | U.S. Border Patrol |
| Michael Gallagher | 09-02-2010 | U.S. Border Patrol |
| Merrill Bruguier | 10-09-2010 | Cheyenne River Sioux Tribal Police Department |
| William Louis Pappan | 12-04-1935 | Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco |
| Aaron Daniel Peru | 02-13-2011 | San Carlos Apache Tribe |
| Darrell C. Curley | 06-26-2011 | Navajo Nation Police Department |
| Frederick Riggenbach | 01-26-2013 | Chitimacha Tribal Police Department |
| Christopher L. Dewey | 08-09-2010 | Mahnomen County Sheriff's Office |
| Thomas Olaf Madole | 03-19-2013 | Village Public Safety Officer |
| Robert W. Baron | 12-06-2013 | Sandoval County Sheriff's Office |
| Ronald E. Zimin | 10-22-1986 | Village Public Safety Officer |
| Colin Clark, Jr. | 03-21-2004 | BIA-Office of Justice Services |
| Patrick S. Johnson | 05-01-2014 | Alaska State Troopers |
| Gabriel Rich | 05-01-2014 | Alaska State Troopers |
| Jair A. Cabrera | 05-24-2014 | Salt River Police Department |
| Nash P. Garcia | 04-11-1952 | New Mexico State Police |
| Alex K. Yazzie | 03-19-2015 | Navajo Nation Police Department |
| Anthony E. Lossiah | 10-06-2015 | Cherokee Indian Police Department |
| Hoska "Hoskie" Thompson | 10-21-1949 | Navajo Nation Police Department |
| Robert Patrick Flickinger | 03-07-2008 | Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police Department |
| Leander Frank | 08-30-2016 | Navajo Nation Police Department |
| Houston J. Largo | 03-12-2017 | Navajo Nation Police Department |
| Nelson Onepennee | 04-11-1980 | Yakama Nation Department of Public Safety |
| Nathan B. Graves | 01-24-2017 | Sac & Fox Nation Police Department |
| Uga'shon Curtis W. Blackbird | 03-26-2017 | Omaha Nation Law Enforcement Services |
| Clayton Joel Townsend | 01-08-2019 | Salt River Police Department |
