Published June 07, 2012, 12:00 AM

Tom Poor Bear and Dennis Banks


In this May 21 photo, Oglala Sioux Vice President Tom Poor Bear, sunglasses in his trademark black vest, stands with American Indian Movement founder Dennis Banks, front row left, during a protest in Rapid City. Just weeks after the tribe filed a lawsuit against some of the world’s largest beer makers and distributors, Poor Bear was arrested in February in an alcohol-related incident that he believes was, in some ways, a good thing. (AP Photo/Kristi Eaton)
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