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Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial

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The Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is located in Artesia, New Mexico.

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 and foliage. This indicates the nationalities of the world and indicates that we are all brothers/sisters in the world.

The formation area is done in earth-tone brown indicating mother earth. The foliage next to the formation area also has been configured in a manner as it relates to the Native American beliefs and traditions.

Upon completion of these ceremonies this site will remain sacred ground for all Indian nations.

 

Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers Who Have Died in the Line of Duty

Let us quietly and respectfully review their names and honor their sacrifice. The officers are listed by their agency name and their end of watch.

Chin-Chi-Kee 01/10/1852
Culpepper Cobert 12/07/1878
John R. Boston 07/20/1881
Henry McGill 11/03/1883
Sam Cudgo 03/29/1885
Ben Collins 8/1/1906

Benjamin F. Jones 09/20/1876
Armstead Homer 05/16/1891
Jeff Surratt 12/5/1900
Cub Burney 7/17/1901
W. M. Russell 12/24/1904
Milburn Williamson 12/5/1976

John Green 12/25/1878
Jack Candy 04/10/1886
Frank West 12/17/1886
Med Hair 01/28/1888
Sequoyah Houstan 06/17/1894
Issac Walkingstick 07/29/1894
Robert Marshal 09/10/1894
Sequoyah Houstan 06/17/1894
Issac Walkingstick 07/29/1894
Issac Walkingstick 07/29/1894
Charles Proctor 08/20/1896

Sam Scott 07/30/1882
Joe Barnett 07/30/1882
Williams Will Fields 12/24/1887

Thomas Cloud 03/31/1885

Sam Six Killer 12/24/1886

Joe Big Knife 10/22/1895

Robert Leo Bowman 9/19/1912

Charles Shave Head 12/15/1890

David Hawkman 12/15/1890

Henry Bullhead 12/15/1890

James Little Eagle 12/15/1890

John Armstrong 12/15/1890

Paul Akicitah 12/15/1890

John Redhorse 11/14/1894

Frank Horn Cloud 3/11/1910

Adam Hawk 2/28/1910

John “Hoh” Williams 2/28/1910

Louis Abeita 1/12/1921

Henry Oats 2/6/1925

A.H. Scott 6/22/1925

William L. Pappan 12/4/1935

Hoska “Hoskie” Thompson 10/21/1949

Gordon C. James 8/30/1960

Darrell C. Curley 6/25/2011

Alex K. Yazzie 3/19/2015

Leander Frank 8/30/2016

Houston Largo 4/12/2017

Nash P. Garcia 4/11/1952

Lloyd Aragon 8/1/2001

Dennis Titla, Sr. 4/12/1960

Nathan Norman Bear 7/14/1960

Ishkoten Koteen 5/8/1961

George Comes at Night 4/15/1962

Allen L. St. Clair 10/3/1965

Adolph Frederick Bush 2/5/1967

Roy Richard Bradshaw 8/27/1973

Phillip N. Lopez 4/1/1975

John K. Healy 3/14/1986

Delfort H. Kay 11/22/1990

Ronald A. Williams 6/26/1975

Jack Coler 6/26/1975

Burton Begay 11/17/1975

Loren B. Whitehat 5/10/1979

Roy Lee Stanley 12/5/1987

Andy Begay 12/5/1987

Hoskie Allen Gene, Jr. 1/6/1996

Samuel E. Redhouse 2/17/1997

William Bearshield 7/26/1976

Glenn Hollow Horn 4/5/1980

Nelson Onepennee 4/11/1980

Jake James McCullough 12/5/1981

Milton Paul Antone 4/14/1983

Glenn R. Miles, Jr. 2/21/1986

Louis A. Millard 8/27/1986

Robert E. Zimin 10/22/1986

Patrick S. Johnson 5/1/2014

Gabriel Rich 5/1/2014

LeRoy A. Pine, Jr. 7/23/1988

Roderick Henry 9/14/1988

Dean Martin James 9/17/1988

Terry L. Spotted Wolf, Sr. 9/19/1988

Carl N. Wilson 1/3/1991

Donald Dante Thornbury 10/26/1991

David Zesiger 7/3/1992

Kevin Tilman Lewis 1/17/1993

Jeffrey S. Skenandore 3/30/1993

Issac Benjamin Martinez 4/10/1994

Michael G. Miller 8/28/1995

Ronald Eugene Kelley 11/20/1995

Charles W. Lane 9/2/1996

Michael Delgado 4/9/1998

Bryan Brown 8/27/2020

Esther Todacheene 6/8/1998

Winsonfred A. Filfred 4/2/1999

Jack Spencer 9/5/1998

Defford Thomas Oyebi 12/20/1998

Tenny Gatewood, Jr. 12/9/1999

Kelmar One Feather 7/1/2000

Creighton T. Spencer 3/25/2001

Shelby D. Blackfox 11/6/2001

Robert Taylor 5/27/2002

Colin Clark, Jr. 3/21/2004

George Debates 12/19/2004

Nicholas D. Greenig 3/14/2006

Michael Gallagher 9/2/2010

Adam Joseph Menuez 7/4/2007

Robert Patrick Flickinger 3/7/2008

Joshua Yazzie 6/7/2010

Christopher L. Dewey 8/9/2010

Anthony Wallace 8/28/2010

Matthew Tokuoka 8/28/2010

Merrill Bruguier 10/9/2010

Aaron D. Peru 2/13/2011

Frederick A. Riggenback 1/26/2013

Thomas Olaf Madole 3/19/2013

Robert W. Baron 12/6/2013

Jair A. Cabrera 5/24/2014

Clayton Joel Townsend 1/8/2019

Anthony E. Lossiah 10/6/2015

Nathan B. Graves 1/24/2017

Uga’Shon Curtis W. Blackbird 3/26/2017

Steven G. Greco 2/16/2019

Horacio Dominguez 2/21/2021

Shannon Lee Barron 7/7/2019

David Kellywood 2/17/2020

Charlie Joe Cortez 11/17/2020

Michael Lee 6/18/2020

Bryan Brown 8/27/2020