Diné group tackles trash problem at grassroots level
Trash clutters the landscape near the side of a road near Burntwater Tuesday. The community has spearheaded an effort to clean up trash in the area. © 2011 Gallup Independent / Brian Leddy

By Babette Herrmann
For the Independent

BURNTWATER, Ariz.— Along a half mile stretch in the rural community of Burntwater, Ariz., an unnumbered BIA Road gives way to three smaller well-traveled dirt roads that lead to the ugly side of reservation life — illegal dumping.

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