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Indian Country cops take
aim at meth
January 16, 2007
Billings Gazette -
Billings,MT,USA
By a show of hands, all the Indian
Country officers at a methamphetamine
training Tuesday morning knew by name a
drug dealer on their reservation.
Billings to host meth training
January 8, 2007
Billings Gazette -
Billings,MT,USA
Indian Country law enforcement officers
from Montana and Wyoming will converge
in Billings for training on
methamphetamine investigations
2006 Articles
Kempthorne launches campaign to combat meth abuse
in Indian ...December 1, 2006
KTVB -
Boise,ID,USA
The rates of meth abuse in Indian country are still higher than any
other ethnic group. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne today
Fighting Meth in Indian Country December
1, 2006
KFYR-TV -
Bismarck,ND,USA
... About $300,000 from national departments and agencies is going
into the public awareness campaign, targeting meth abuse in Indian
Country.
Crow meth foes make views known December 1, 2006
Billings Gazette
- MT, USA
... with.". Bureau of Indian Affairs Police Chief Ed Eastman said,
"We know it's in our community, and we're not going to put up with
it."
Hundreds rally in opposition to reservation meth
use
May 13, 2006
Billings Gazette - MT, USA
... Tribal Council next week to join a
Cooperative Agency Task Force that is being
created and includes law enforcement from the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, the FBI...
Airing the meth crisis is courageous and needed April 14, 2006
Indian
Country Today - Canastota,NY,USA
... own rodeo-champion nephew. Indian country knows how painful it can be to
share these stories with outsiders. The personal hurt is ...
American
Indian Communities Face Meth Crisis
April 11,2006
Voice of America - USA
... are regular users. American Indian leaders say their
communities have been especially hard hit by meth addiction.
"My people are ...
Washington Looks at Meth in Indian Country
April 11,2006
New West - Missoula,MT,USA
... As nations without effective government become
havens for wrongdoers, so problems in Indian country
make it attractive to predatory drug dealers. ...
Drugs and cold cases new focus of Justice Department
April 1, 2006
... The Department of Justice noted that during the National Congress of
American Indians' winter session, meth use was on the increase in Indian
country and the ...
Meth lays siege to Indian
country
April 1, 2006
... Like an evil spirit, meth is
sweeping through Indian country, tearing families apart and leaving a trail
of violence and tears. ...
Cherokee Nation Marshals Cross-Deputize With the Oklahoma State Bureau of
Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs March 13,2006
... Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Drugs Pictured, left to right: Cherokee Nation General ...
Tribal sovereignty poses challenges for local law enforcement March 9, 2006
Recent reports of drug trafficking on the Red Lake Indian reservation
have exposed a dilemma for tribes and local law enforcement -- sovereignty.
...
Sixteen arrested in drug bust on Pine Ridge March 6,
2006
... Since
meth is on the rise, not too many years ago, there has been an increase in
... That's an important piece for maintaining safety, on or off the
reservations. ...
Tribes call meth a new evil, seek help to fight
it March 1, 2006
... the tribes and federal, state
and local governments to combat methamphetamine, which some Indian leaders
say is replacing alcohol as the scourge of reservations ...
Indian leader targets meth
February 28, 2006
... the tribes
and federal, state and local governments to combat methamphetamine, which
some Indian leaders say is replacing alcohol as the scourge of reservations
...
Harjo: Truth versus accuracy in New York Times' articles February 24, 2006
... This
poses a greater threat to public safety and national security than all the
meth labs and drug-running on the reservations, but the situation is barely
...
A note to American journalists: More balance, please! February 24, 2006
... Find Haven in Shadows of Indian Country,'' is an ... to media
gang-banging on Indian sovereignty and may ... involves the type of border
smuggling operations that are ...
St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council: An apology
is due from The New ...February
24, 2006
... long
dipped their hands into the rewarding tills of smuggling is irresponsible
... Indian country, and our community in particular, wants tribal members to
be just
Red Lake's Jourdain denies allegations he
blocked drug probe
February 21, 2006
... It had absolutely nothing to
do with drugs.". Tribal attorneys are working on a new task force agreement
that would not intrude on Red Lake's sovereignty, he ...
Dizzying Rise and Abrupt Fall for a Reservation Drug Dealer February 20, 2006
... casino
wealth and on the weakness of law enforcement in Indian country, according
to ... father, Eugene, in another Ms. Phair learned how easy smuggling was
for ...
Drug Traffickers Find Haven in Shadows of Indian Country February 19, 2006
... with one of the highest rates of meth use in the ... On the
14,000-acre reservation, evidence of the drug ... prosecutors have had some
success in combating drug rings
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