Robert "Boo" Many Horses Rally, 1 September 1999
 
"Boo" Many Horses Rally, Mobridge, SD, 1 September 1999
(Image 1) March to Mobridge
(Image 2) Alfred Bone Shirt with "Stop Lakota Ethnic Cleansing" banner
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"Boo" Many Horses Rally, Mobridge, SD, 1 September 1999
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American Indian Movement rallies around man's death
By Carson Walker, Associated Press, 08/31/99 20:20
MOBRIDGE, S.D. (AP) More than 100 American Indians
marched for several miles behind an upside-down U.S. flag
Tuesday to protest the death of an Indian man found
face-down in a garbage can after a night of drinking.
Four white teen-agers are charged in connection with his
death and could face life in prison. Prosecutors say the
suspects were friends with the victim and race was not a
factor.
Dennis Banks and Clyde Bellecourt of the American Indian
Movement were among the leaders of the rally, which was
called to draw attention to the investigation into the June 30
death of Robert ''Boo'' Many Horses, 22.
His body was found in a garbage can in Mobridge, a town on
the edge of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation near the
North Dakota state line.
''We want to keep the pressure on the powers that be in
Mobridge,'' said Mark White Bull, one of the organizers.
The Indian leaders said they doubt the accused will be found
guilty. And they said the four suspects who are under house
arrest are being treated far better than Indians in the same
situation would.
Walworth County State's Attorney Dan Todd said the autopsy
determined that Many Horses, who had fetal alcohol
syndrome, died of alcohol poisoning. His blood alcohol content
was .446 percent, more than four times the legal limit for
drivers.
Prosecutors say the four suspects and Many Horses went out
drinking together, and eventually Many Horses passed out, fell
to the ground, cut his forehead and started to bleed.
One of the defendants, Layne Gisi, 19, tried to rouse Many
Horses by slapping him and then picked him up and threw him
in a ditch, Todd said. Later, Gisi allegedly thought it would be
funny to put Many Horses into a trash can. The Indian man
was found dead the next morning.
Gisi is charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault, and
abuse or neglect of a disabled adult. The others are charged
as accessories. Each could get life in prison if convicted of
the
most serious charges.
Robert "Boo" Many Horses articles
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Many Horses trial moved (25 Feb 2003)
A death in Mobridge teaches hard lessons about racism (28 Jan 2002)
Barnett wants study of racism in S.D. justice (22 Oct 2000)
Prosecutor reviewing Mobridge alcohol poisoning (26 Sept 2000)
Transcript of 20/20's feature on the death of Robert "Boo" Many Horses
FBI Agents Denied Meeting In Case Of Many Horses Death (4 Oct 1999)
South Dakota Judge Talks About Decision To Drop Charges In Many Horses Case (30 Sept 1999)
Lawyer Files Briefs in Many Horses Case (Sept 1999)
Killings Renew Distrust Among Sioux Indians (4 Sept 1999)
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