Jul 6 - By Mike Stark, Associated Press Writer
A mother and daughter pleaded guilty Monday to several felony charges stemming from a sweeping federal investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of American Indian artifacts.
Jun 19 - By Mike Stark, Associated Press Writer
A second defendant indicted following an investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of American Indian artifacts from the Four Corners area has been found dead in an apparent suicide, the FBI said Friday.
Jun 19 - By Mike Stark, Associated Press Writer
The FBI says a second defendant indicted following an investigation into the theft and illegal trafficking of ancient artifacts from the Four Corners area has been found dead in an apparent suicide.
Jun 17 - By Mike Stark, Associated Press Writer
The sun was barely up when federal agents began surrounding a dozen homes scattered across rural southern Utah, the final stroke of a two-year undercover investigation into the theft and trafficking of ancient Indian artifacts around the Four Corners area.
Jun 12 - By Jennifer Dobner, Associated Press Writer
A Utah physician indicted in a federal investigation into the theft of ancient artifacts in the Four Corners region has been found dead in an apparent suicide, a sheriff's official said Friday.
Jun 10 - By Associated Press
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says he stands behind the investigation that resulted in the indictments of two dozen people accused of illegally trafficking in ancient artifacts from the Four Corners region.
Jun 10 - By Mike Stark, Associated Press Writer
Two dozen people were indicted Wednesday in a sweeping federal investigation into ancient artifacts stolen from public and tribal lands in the Four Corners area.
Dec 8 - By Jim Suhr, Associated Press Writer
An independent pollution-control agency has rejected environmentalists' claims that a planned landfill could desecrate possible burial grounds near the ruins of a once-thriving prehistoric city.

Oct 28 - By Laura N. Perez Sanchez, Associated Press Writer
U.S. and Puerto Rican archaeologists say they have found the best-preserved pre-Columbian site in the Caribbean, which could shed light on virtually every aspect of Indian life in the region, from sacred rituals to eating habits.
Jan 12 - By Associated Press
What appear to be crude stone tools may provide evidence that people lived in Minnesota 13,000 to 15,000 years ago, which if confirmed would make them among the oldest human artifacts ever found in North America, archaeologists said Friday.