Family, Friends & Fellow Officers Remember...

No passage of time will ever erase your service and sacrifice. Rest in peace always.

Detective Cpl/3 Steven Rizzo
Delaware State Police (Retired)

March 10, 2021

Officer Horn Cloud,
On today, the 110th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

March 10, 2020

Rest In Peace Brother LEO. You are honored and remembered on the 108th anniversary of your EOW.

Officer Mike Robinson, (Ret)
Upland Police Dept. CA

March 9, 2018

Officer Horn Cloud,
On today, the 106th anniversary of your death I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country. And to your Family and loved ones, I wish to extend my deepest sympathy.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous
United States Border Patrol

March 10, 2016

Your heroism and service is honored today, the 102nd anniversary of your death. Your memory lives and you continue to inspire. Thank you for your service. My cherished son Larry Lasater was a fellow police officer who was murdered in the the line of duty on April 24, 2005 while serving as a Pittsburg, CA police officer.

Time never diminishes respect. Your memory will always be honored and revered.

Rest In Peace.

Phyllis Loya
Mom of fallen California Officer Larry Lasater, Pittsburg PD, eow 4/24/05

March 10, 2012

Cunksa Yuha Frank Horn Cloud Honored at Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial services

By Roseanna Renaud, Lakota Country Times, April 29, 2010

Leonard Little Finger, of the Lakota Circle Village Sacred Hoop School, feels honored to attend the 19th Annual Indian Country Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial services, held on May 6, 2010, at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Artesia, New Mexico. It is a special day for his family and other invited guests from the Pine Ridge area because Mr. Little Finger’s grandfather, Officer Frank Horn Cloud will be memorialized for his ultimate sacrifice, which occurred over one-hundred years ago. Mr. Little Finger, Richard Broken Nose, and Francis “Chub” Thunder Hawk, along with his Wakinyan Singers, plan to attend the ceremony to offer prayers and songs. The event is held in conjunction with the Indian Police Academy’s Class of 2010 graduation.
Frank Horn Cloud was born in 1877 to Horn Cloud and Tall Woman. His siblings Joseph Horn Cloud, William Horn Cloud, Ernest Horn Cloud, Sherman Horn Cloud, Daniel White Lance, Dewey Beard, Sherman Horn Cloud, Alice Horn Cloud, and Pretty Enemy were members of the Big Foot Band, and present at the Wounded Knee Massacre on December 29, 1890. Only Frank, Joseph, Ernest, Daniel, Dewey, and Alice survived the ordeal and began life anew on allotments in the Red Water and Potato Creek communities in what is now the Medicine Root District.
After marrying Dolly Yankton in 1903, Frank became a Police Officer or Cunksa Yuha, Club Carrier, for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. On March 10, 1910, Officer Horn Cloud responded on horseback to a domestic abuse incident, but upon arrival at the scene was ambushed and although wounded with a gunshot wound to the back, he managed to ride to safety with the help of a neighbor. Three days later, thirty-three year old Frank journeyed to the spirit world, leaving Dolly and two young children to mourn his passing. The suspect was later convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison.
Peace Officer Memorial Day takes place on May 15, and is celebrated during Police Week at the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial NLEOMG, in Washington D.C. With support from America’s law enforcement, corporate and philanthropic communities, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund has announced October 14, 2010, as the date it will break ground on the first-ever National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, DC.
As the country pauses to reflect upon the ‘thin blue line” that separates us from those who would do us harm, let us remember America's fallen law enforcement heroes, including Officer Horn Cloud, whose name is engraved on panel 63-W:27 of the Memorial.
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Lt. Roseanna Renaud, RET
Dallas Police Department, Dallas, TX

May 2, 2010

POLICE OFFICER FRANK HORN CLOUD, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. YOU HAD TO BE A PIONEER OF YOUR TIME TO PICK UP A BADGE AND ENFORCE THE RULE OF LAW. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO WATCH OVER YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

RETIRED DETECTIVE FRANK DEMARCO
NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT

April 30, 2010

Officer Horn Cloud,
It has taken 100 years, but you are finally being honored. I would just like to say thank you for your service and sacrifice for our Country.

R.I.P.
USBP

Anonymous

April 5, 2010

Officer Horn Cloud - Over 90 years since you were taken from your wife, kids, and the nation you served. Policing in "Indian Country" is no walk in the park, today. I can only imagine what reservation life was like when you were on patrol, then. My people are the Osage, of the southern plains. My tribal name is Wah-Hunka-Shin. I salute you, noble warrior, and ask that God grant you eternal rest. We will need your guidance when...and if...we are found worthy to ride alongside you.

Chief K. Moreland (Ret. Sgt.)
Palmer Lake, CO PD (Ret. LAPD)

April 5, 2010