A so-called ‘cleanup’ plan from the federal government would move uranium waste from a Navajo Nation community to a town just outside of tribal lands. But Thoreau, the town that stands to receive the waste, is itself 80-percent Navajo. Earlier this year, Laura Paskus spoke with three high school students from Thoreau who are opposed to the plan. This week, she sits down with two community members from Red Water Pond Road, where the waste sits now, to understand why they’re so desperate to get it away from their home. As one community member, Edith Hood, points out, she wishes the leadership of the Navajo Nation could find solutions that don’t pit Diné communities against one another.
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