Polacca, Arizona

Polacca is located along Arizona State Route 264 7.5 miles (12.1 km) northeast of the Hopi Second Mesa.[7] The residents of Polacca are employed locally by the US Health and Human Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Hopi Tribe, McGee's trading post, and many are self-employed.[8] In Polacca, crops consist of corn, lima beans, grapes, squash, apricots, watermelon, and peaches.Residents also produce a variety of elegant arts and crafts, such as pottery, Kachina dolls, rattles, bows & arrows, baskets, jewelry and oil painting.Its Shooting Stars Hopi Lavayi Radio Project broadcasts for students in the First Mesa Dialect are carried on KUYI, 88.1 FM.
Bridge near Polacca (1940s)
Polaca Dam below junction of Wepo and Polacca washes (1950s).
Camp in Polacca Canyon (1950s).
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