BIA Chief of Police Thomas Smart was appointed in April. He worked Nevada Prisons as a Correctional Officer in Lovelock and Carson City before becoming a BIA Police Officer. He became a BIA Police Officer in October 2001, working for the BIA Eastern Nevada Agency. He completed Indian Police Academy in April 2002, class of 91 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Academy in Artesia, NM. He then became a Sergeant for the BIA Crow Agency, Crow Agency, MT and later became the Acting Chief for Crow Agency. He returned to the Eastern  Nevada Agency, Owyhee, NV in September 2008 and is now the present Chief of Eastern Nevada Agency. Not only does he oversee the Duck Valley Tribe but all the tribes in the Eastern side of Nevada.
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The Duck Valley Indian Reservation is situated in a beautiful,green valley on the Nevada/Idaho border. Established by Executive order on April 16, 1877, the site for this reservation was selected by Captain Sam, a Shoshone leader who felt that the plentiful wild game, anadromous fishes, wild berries, abundant water and the fertile valley soil held a promising future for our people.  In 1886 and again in 1910 additional land was annexed...