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In 1886 two Indians killed Sam Sixkiller who was the popular Captain of the US Indian Police and a Deputy US Marshall comissiond by the Judicial District of Western Arkansas. After the killers escaped indictment by the tribes, Congress passed a law (24 Stat., 463.) giving the district Federal courts juridiction over any Indian who committed a crime against a federally appointed Indian policeman or United States deputy marshal.


OTHER INDIAN POLICE


There were basically two other types of policemen on the reservations:
  • Tribal Police .

  • :Several Indian tribes replaced hereditary chiefs with constitutional governments. These tribes hired policemen under a number of different titles—sheriffs, constables, regulators, lighthorsemen, etc.—to enforce tribal laws.

  • Indian Agency Police .

  • :Many tribes had no recognizable governments and therefore no tribal laws. On these reservations, the Indian agent assigned to the tribe hired Indian police from among tribal members to effect law and order according to Federal, agency, and treaty rules. These were considered federally appointed policemen. The Indian police that killed Sitting Bull were of this kind.



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