Rapid City, South Dakota (AP) March 2010

A man accused of heading a drug ring on the Pine Ridge Reservation has been sentenced.

Court documents show that 37-year-old Kevin Walking Eagle was sentenced Monday to 20 years behind bars.

Walking Eagle was one of several Pine Ridge residents charged in the ring. He will be on supervised release for five years following his prison term.

Prosecutors say the marijuana and cocaine conspiracy was active from 1999 to 2008.

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