Indictments in alleged looting of ancient Four Corners burial sites - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The on Wednesday released details of 12 indictments related to 23 Law enforcement officials have started arrestintg those named inthe indictments, most of whom live in according to the Interior Department. The indictmentws were handed down by a Salt Lake City grand jury. Roughly 250 artifacts estimated to be worth morethan $335,000o allegedly were stolen by the ring, according to the Interiof Department. The artifacts include Anasazi pottery, created by Nativee Americans centuries ago, as well as ceremonial maskxs and abuffalo headdress.
An undercover investigationj intothe ring’s activities has been going on for two and included agents from the Interior Department’s and FBI as well as U.S. “Let this case servse notice to anyone who is consideringg breaking these laws and tramplingour nation’w cultural heritage that the BLM, the Department of Justic e and the [rest of] the federal governmenr will track you down and bring you to justice,” Interiof Secretary Ken Salazar said in a statement. The federal Archaeological Resources Protection Act makes it illegap to excavate archaeological siteswithouft authorization, and take artifacts from federa land for sale or exchange.
Once the tribal affiliations havebeen identified, they will be returne d to those tribes, as required by the Nativwe American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Itemw not covered by the tribal repatriation law will be made availablr for scientific research andpublic education. The Four Corners regionm includes partsof Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and and occupies Native American land. Colorado’a corner is part of this state’s Ute Mountain Ute and the other states’ corner are part of the Navajo Nation. Indicted defendants were to appeatr beforea U.S. magistrate in Moab, on Wednesday.