Meth Adds Scourge to Troubled Native American Lands
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HOGBACK, New Mexico  - A brutal triple slaying in this remote corner of the vast Navajo reservation brought home what experts have seen coming for years: an explosion in crime on tribal lands linked to the cheap, potent and highly addictive stimulant methamphetamine.
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By DAVID KRAVETS  SAN FRANCISCO - Attorneys for Southwestern Indian tribes urged a federal appeals court Thursday 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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By Chris Kahn  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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To fight the meth epidemic, states go after legal sniffle remedies at the corner drugstore
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The Navajo Nation's governing council voted Friday to outlaw methamphetamine, an addictive stimulant that has become a scourge for tribal police and health officials on the sprawling reservation.
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Wealthy American Indian tribes, including many that have made millions from gaming, are exploring ways to share their wealth with poorer tribes, tribal leaders said Monday
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By Judy Fahys, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 6--The pollution that plagued northern Utah valleys last month left  Ann Waters, like many Utahns, disgusted and alarmed.
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The last major push by the U.S. Army against American Indian tribes took place in the late 1800s. But a new report finds the military still poses a danger to American Indians.
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An Indian tribe fastened a massive glass-bottomed walkway to the edge of the Grand Canyon on Wednesday as part of an ambitious tourism center that has angered environmentalists and some tribal members.
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Mexico sends thousands of troops to deal with a wave of drug-related crime in the western state of Michoacan.
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Amid the frenzy of repopulation, mixed areas like Washash have become the hotspots for sectarian warfare
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WICHITA, Kan. -- It may fall a shade shy of catching thieves redhanded, but for farmers fed up with methamphetamine cooks filching their fertilizer, staining them pink will do just fine.
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Western states grapple with how to address an increasing threat to livestock from wolves and big cats.
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By Shawna Gamache, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Feb. 3--Idaho will soon be the third state to take up a gritty, graphic anti-meth campaign started in Montana in 2005.   On Friday, former Boise Rep. Debbie Field, Gov.
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Indian tribes' economic gains go beyond casinos.
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By ERIK ROBINSON, Columbian staff writer  Five polluted sites in Clark and Skamania counties are on the state Department of Ecology's radar, through new listings on the Hazardous Sites List.
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A mining practice that takes the tops off mountains has destroyed not only the scenery, activists say, but also the water supply for people living in Appalachia. The Department of the Interior considers a new rule that would pave the way for more mountaintop mining.