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: They were responsible for enforcing laws that restricted Indigenous movement (the pass system). Pony Soldier
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The NWMP was formed partly in response to this 1873 event, where American wolfers killed a group of Nakoda people. The "Pony Soldiers" were sent to arrest the perpetrators. 3. Sitting Bull's Arrival (1876) Pony Soldier