{"id":42790,"date":"2024-11-01T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=42790"},"modified":"2024-11-01T11:07:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T15:07:44","slug":"native-america-calling-the-lighthorse-tradition-of-tribal-law-enforcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/11\/01\/native-america-calling-the-lighthorse-tradition-of-tribal-law-enforcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: The Lighthorse tradition of tribal law enforcement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Friday, November 1, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Lighthorse: 140 years of tribal law enforcement <\/div>\r\nBefore their relocation along the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Trail_of_Tears\">Trail of Tears<\/a>, southeast tribes found a need to curb cattle rustling and other violations of tribal laws. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fivecivilizedtribes.org\/\">Five Tribes<\/a> organized tribal law enforcement units that came to be known as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chickasaw.net\/Our-Nation\/Government\/Lighthorse-Police\/About.aspx\">Lighthorse<\/a>. They would respond to crimes such as stagecoach robberies, bootlegging, murder, and land disputes. For several years, the Lighthorse acted as judge, jury, even executioner. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe Cherokee Lighthorsemen have their origins in Georgia, but were officially formed in November 1844. The Five Tribes continue to use the term \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lighthorse_(American_Indian_police)\">Lighthorse<\/a>\u201d to refer to their community policing units. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to hear about the history of \u201cLighthorse\u201d and how they paved the way for tribal law enforcement.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/11\/01\/native-america-calling-the-lighthorse-tradition-of-tribal-law-enforcement\/chickasawnationlighthorsepolice\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42795\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-attachment-id=\"42795\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/11\/01\/native-america-calling-the-lighthorse-tradition-of-tribal-law-enforcement\/chickasawnationlighthorsepolice\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/01\/chickasawnationlighthorsepolice.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A Lighthorse Police patch from the Chickasaw Nation. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/scoutnurse\/3227281840\/&gt;scoutnurse&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/01\/chickasawnationlighthorsepolice.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/01\/chickasawnationlighthorsepolice.jpg\" alt=\"Chickasaw Nation Lighthorse Police\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-42795\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\"> A Lighthorse Police patch from the Chickasaw Nation. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/scoutnurse\/3227281840\/>scoutnurse<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/scott-ketchum-phd-5b814490\">Scott Ketchum<\/a> (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma), Chickasaw Nation Endowed Chair in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ecok.edu\/academics\/find-major-program\/native-american-studies\">Native American Studies at East Central University<\/a> in Oklahoma\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/history.la.psu.edu\/directory\/julie-reed\/\">Julie Reed<\/a> (Cherokee Nation), associate professor in history at Penn State University in Pennsylvania\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/chickasawpress.com\/Authors\/Michelle-Cooke.aspx\">Michelle Cooke<\/a> (Chickasaw Nation), senior staff writer for the <a href=\"https:\/\/chickasawpress.com\">Chickasaw Press<\/a> in Oklahoma and author of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3AnUKBu\"><em>Protecting Our People: Chickasaw Law Enforcement in Indian Territory<\/em><\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Join Native America Calling to hear about the history of \u201cLighthorse\u201d and how they paved the way for tribal law enforcement.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42795,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,1],"tags":[77,427,428,969,243,564,133,134,254],"class_list":["post-42790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-national","tag-cherokee","tag-chickasaw","tag-choctaw","tag-georgia","tag-media","tag-muscogee","tag-native-america-calling","tag-radio","tag-seminole","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/01\/chickasawnationlighthorsepolice.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-b8a","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42790"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42797,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42790\/revisions\/42797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}