Rocky Boy residents honor drug victims

A group of Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation residents took part in a spiritually infused walk and run Wednesday morning to honor those who have died as a result of substance abuse and to rally the community against the problem.

Mike Geboe, a program director with Smart and Healthy Choices, a wellness organization on the reservation, said that he thinks generations of American Indians were punished for taking part in cultural practices and stripped of their culture. This has contributed to the prevalence of drugs in reservation communities.

"I think it is all just having a cumulative effect," he...