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$100 min purchase Continental U.S. only
$100 min purchase Continental U.S. only 
Red Tomahawk Indian Police Badge
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| Red Tomahawk
Indian Police Badge — Every reservation had its own Indian police
force which was empowered by the federal government. This type of badge
was worn by Red Tomahawk, Police Sergeant, the man who killed Sitting Bull
in 1890 on the Standing Rock Reservation in northern South Dakota. Solid pewter replica. J. Crawford with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe was kind enough to share this additional information with us: The badge you’ve identified as worn by Red Tomahawk, Police Sergeant, who killed Sitting Bull on a South Dakota Indian Reservation is in fact the badge of the Southern Ute Police in SW Colorado. The interwoven SU design at the top of the badge is an emblem which appears on many Southern Ute post-colonial artifacts. |
