Leaving the Rez
Eighteen-year-old Povi Lomayaoma has lived on a Hopi reservation in Arizona her entire life. In two months, she’s leaving to go to college in Colorado to study journalism. She says she’ll miss many of her clan’s traditions.
Eighteen-year-old Povi Lomayaoma has lived on a Hopi reservation in Arizona her entire life. In two months, she’s leaving to go to college in Colorado to study journalism. She says she’ll miss many of her clan’s traditions.
Povi Lomayaoma sought the advice of other Native American journalists who started a life outside their reservations.