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• Forty-three-year-old Eugene Martin is charged with first-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and aggravated assault in the May 3 death of Robert Thunderhawk.
• The 43-year-old Thunderhawk's body was found in a wooded area in northeast Sioux Falls that residents say is popular among the homeless. Police say Martin and Thunderhawk got in a drunken disagreement that turned deadly.
• KSFY-TV reports that Martin pleaded not guilty to the charges and is being held on $500,000 bond.
• A second suspect, 52-year-old Clint Cottonwood,

has been charged with simple assault in the death.
• Martin's pretrial conference is scheduled for July 11, to be followed by a July 23 jury trial.
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• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Representatives from the American Indian Movement and other grass-roots organizations are meeting with officials at Rapid City Regional Hospital.
• Hundreds of people marched more than two miles on Monday from Memorial Plaza in Rapid City to a local hospital where some say a man was mutilated while undergoing heart surgery.
• The march was led by American Indian Movement founder Dennis Banks and centers around Vern Traversie (TRAH-vehr-see).

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