
Primary Picture
September 1945. War Relocation Authority, Department of the Interior. Photographer: Iwasaki, Hikaru, 1923–2016. https://catalog.archives.gov/id/539892. Image caption: Poston, Arizona. Mr. Albert Yava, another newcomer to Poston, is an artist and linguist. He speaks English and the tribal languages of the Tewas, Hopis, and Navahos. Mr. Yava is a painter by trade and makes Kachian dolls. Although Poston, Arizona is soon to be closed to Japanese Americans, it has already seen the beginnings of a new group of residents, the American Indians. On September 1st, 16 families, a total of 78 people, came to Poston from the Hopi Reservation at Kings Canyon, Arizona. They moved into one of the blocks and seem to like it very much.
