Tribal activists block shipment through Idaho wilderness
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 - 22:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Since Monday, Nez Perce members and other activists have been blocking massive shipments of equipment bound for the oil tar sands of Canada. About 20 have been arrested.SEATTLE — On a narrow central Idaho highway coursing through thickets of ponderosa pines and along a winding river, members of the Nez Perce tribe made their stand.