GSTA

GOVERNMENT SCOUT TRACKERS ASSOCIATION

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GOVERNMENT SCOUT TRACKERS ASSOCIATION (GSTA)

Our society and culture, the Government Scout Trackers Association

is based on the skillset(s) of all Government Scouts—past

and present.

“Government Scouts are legendary!”

The Government Scout Trackers Association (GSTA) is for both

native and non-native modern Scout Trackers wishing to preserve

the legacy of a special piece of history—American Indian Scouts. It

is founded and directed by Cmdr. Ty “Yoda” Cunningham, MS,

CMST. Cmdr. Cunningham is renowned for his extensive work with-

in Indian Country to facilitate the indigenous ways of knowing—

scout tracking, bush survival, and protective defense passed to the

world through contact with Native peoples historically, especially during the many Indian Wars (1609-1918).

GSTA’s mission is three-fold. First, to gather anyone interested in preserving the Government Scout ways of tracking, survival, & defense. Second, to reintroduce the indigenous scout ways back to those who live in Indian Country from which the skills were originally transmitted. Third, to teach the scout tracker ways of knowing to those seeking this knowledge to enhance success in the current operating environment in the United States generally, and in Indian Country specifically.

These three missions are based on Cmdr. Cunningham’s career as a “Scout Tracker” within the U.S. government (U.S. Army Long Range Surveillance and U.S. Marshals Mountain Hawk Scouts) both as an operator and commander having been operationally trained in specialized mounted, man, animal tracking, and field skills of a Government Scout, which include:

•Combat/Tactical Tracking
•Anti-Tracking/Counter-Tracking
•Counter-IED Tracking
•Counter-K9
•LE Investigative Tracking
•SAR (Search & Rescue) Sign-Cutting and Tracking
•Animal Tracking
•Combat Profiling
•Advanced Observation
•Small Unit Tactics
•Scouting & Patrolling
•Raids & Ambush
•Covert Reconnaissance & Surveillance
•Clandestine Patrol Bases
•Wilderness Fieldcraft & Survival
•Advanced Sensory Awareness
•Advanced Camouflage & Concealment
•Advanced Marksmanship
•Tactical Combat Casualty Care
•Combatives (Natural/Manmade-Stick & Blade)
•Air Operations

GSTA focuses on the indigenous ways of knowing because “The old ways still work.” This Scout Tracker platform naturally extends to the Government Scout skills of survival and defense.

If you possess these modern Government Scout skills or would like to know these skills passed down throughout the centuries to us today, then GSTA is the society you want to be a part of.

Contact us today for membership details, and remember, “There is always a trail.”