Being buffed
Navajo community takes steps to wipe out graffiti

Navajo Pine High School student Jermaine Chee paints over graffiti on a water tank in Navajo on Thursday morning. About 60 students took the day to help erase some of the graffiti that litters the community. — © 2009 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

Copyright © 2009
Gallup Independent
By Karen Francis
Diné Bureau

NAVAJO, N.M. — When Doris Shaw returned home after 40 years of living in Phoenix, she was appalled with the graffiti pervasive throughout Navajo communities.

“When we came back, the first thing we noticed was the graffiti. You wonder if people even care for their environment,” she said.

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