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Man Gets Probation For Taking Native American Artifacts

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MOBRIDGE, S.D. (AP) — A Mobridge man has been sentenced to one year of probation for illegally taking Native American artifacts from public lands.

Acting U.S. Attorney Randy Seiler says 40-year-old Carl Overbey pleaded guilty to one count of excavation of archaeological resources.

In September of 2014, the Walworth County Sheriff’s Office told a U.S. Fish and Wildlife agent that the sheriff had seized a collection of Native American artifacts from Overbey.

Archeologists from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers recognized the collection contained several artifacts typically found on public land along the Missouri River. They also noticed that it contained two eagle bone whistles.

Seiler says Overbey admitted he took the artifacts from the Revheim Recreation area and the Point of View area, which are both public areas near Mobridge.

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