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| New Colonists Arrive at Poston, Arizona |
"New colonists" arrive 9/1945 at Poston block 208. There are eight families in this photo. Front row (L-R):Sarah Draper, Marigold Lomayesva "Herdet", ? from Polacca family, Anthony Polacca "Tounee", Myron Robertson, Cryus Preston, June Preston, Albert Yava Jr., Tommy Perez, and Tommy's' sister. Back row (L-R): Maybelle Lamavito, Martin Draper, Mrs. Franchville, Elsie Polacca, Imogene Robertson, Margret Draper, Pat Daniels' mother, Vivian Preston, baby Raven Preston, Janie Daniels, baby Buster Daniels and Gladys Perez. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru. 9/1945
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Albert S. Yava, Sr.
Albert Yava is an artist and linguist, and speaks English and the tribal languages of the Tewas, Hopis, and Navajos. He is a painter, and makes Kachian dolls. On September 1, 1945, sixteen families, a total of seventy-eight people, arrived from the Hopi Reservation at Keams Canyon, Arizona. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru. 9/1945.
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| Phillip Zeyouma, Sr. |
Phillip Zeyouma, Sr. and Phillip Jr., are preparing the ground for raising baby chicks. They are from the Hopi Indian Tribe. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru. 9/1945.
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| Mrs. Sally Tunah |
Mrs. Sally Tunah, a 75 year old Hopi Indian is the eldest "colonist" to arrive. She is an accomplished pottery maker and arrived from the Hopi Indian Reservation at Keams Canyon, Arizona. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru. 9/1945.
Albert Yava, Jr.
Albert Yava, Jr., is the son of Albert and Virginia S. Yava, Sr. and is playing near his new home in Poston block 208. Although Poston is soon to be closed to Japanese Americans, it has already seen the beginning of a new group of residents, the American Indians. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru. 9/1945.
