Arizona Tribes Call Ski Resort Plans 'Cultural Genocide'
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By David Kravets Associated Press  SAN FRANCISCO -- Attorneys for Southwestern Indian tribes urged a federal appeals court last week to block the proposed expansion of an Arizona ski resort they say already desecrates land they hold sacred and sullies their religious beliefs.
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Trying to neutralize fierce opposition, the chairwoman of an Indian tribe that wanted make the Bay Area home to the nation&#39;s third-largest gambling hall has agreed to decrease the
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Swiss ski resorts try to plan a future where less snow through climate change threatens business.
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By ERICA MELTZER, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Grijalva may have big say as member of House panel  Southern Arizona's congressional representatives say they will do what they can to stop mining at Rosemont Ranch in the Santa Rita Mountains.
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California racetrack officials who want to add slot machines to their gambling offerings sued the state over gambling compacts with five American Indian tribes.
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Near a rock formation twisting into the Arizona sky, the desert floor has been torn up by off-road vehicles. A tattered VCR and a bullet-riddled washing machine further scar the landscape. Tonto is one of many national forests that suffer environmental damage caused by thoughtless, even unscrupulous, visitors. And the U.S. Forest Service doesn't have the cash or manpower to tackle the problem.
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SELLS, Ariz.  - Indian tribal leader Ned Norris  remembers a time when illegal migrants from Mexico would be  welcomed to his land after a long trek over the parched deserts  of the U.S. border.
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Scientists say global warming could extinguish Boliviaâs skiing tradition when its only ski run disappears forever in a few years.
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An Arizona ski resort's plan to use reclaimed wastewater to make snow on a mountain sacred to several Native American tribes violates religious freedom laws, a U.S federal appeals court ruled on Monday.
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The Southern Ute tribeâs reservation in Colorado sits on a rich deposit of methane gas, which has allowed it to become an energy powerhouse. Yet some are wary of the tribeâs newfound clout.
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By Brian J. Pedersen, Arizona Daily Star
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By ERICA MELTZER, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Critics say city, county efforts to avert lawsuits tread fine line  Proposition 207 aimed to expand property rights in Arizona.
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By Katie Mulvaney; Journal Staff Writer  A political advocacy group plans to push the state's congressional leaders to rebuff attempts by the Narragansett Indian tribe to have repealed a federal law that requires the tribe to seek voter approval for any gambling halls on their land.
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By CHRIS KAHN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz.  A struggling Indian tribe is hoping to change its fortunes by luring tourists out over the edge of the Grand Canyon on a glass-bottom observation deck 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.
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The indigenous peoples of the Arctic are told their culture will be threatened by climate warming.
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Casino fever continues to grip California, with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announcing agreements that will allow five Native American tribes to add thousands of slot machines.
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By RUSSELL MAX SIMON Journal Northern Bureau  SANTA FE -- Information about a planned tree-thinning project being distributed by a newly formed environmental group has Santa Fe environmentalists in an uproar and city officials accusing the group of scare tactics.