Quindrea Yazzie
ICT
Nearly a century ago, Carey and Maud Melville, a couple from Massachusetts, embarked on a cross-country road trip with their three children in a Ford Model T. Their journey took them to Polacca, Arizona, where they visited a family friend, a Baptist missionary.
What was meant as a brief stop transformed into an extended stay as they were captivated by the Hopi lifestyle, embracing the art, food, and people that made their experience unforgettable.
During her research for an upcoming book, Hopi journalist Patty Talahongva made a stunning discovery: her great grandmother’s pottery, collected by the Melvilles in 1927.
Watch as Patty, a former ICT journalist, shares her journey to reconnect with this pottery and how she helped bring the collection home for a visit which translates to “Tuma Angwu Owya” in the Hopi language.
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