Mother and daughter plead guilty to stealing American Indian artifacts

The women were caught when they tried to sell the artifacts to undercover investigators. Their sentence will come later.

"I hope the message is that people will learn that we have sacred, stunning, rare unique artifacts on our public lands and on Indian tribal lands," said Carlie Christensen, a federal prosecutor. "We need to protect them, we need to treasure them and we hope this will discourage people."

|Meredith Rodriguez