Melvin Consulting

06/25/2026

06/20/2026

The Seed That Was Never Lost: Indigenous Knowledge, Power & Who Gets to Define Reality

🌲 2025 Brave Heart Fellow Giselle Alvarez (Purépecha & Miwuk) was featured on The GroupChat (Center for Rising Generations) in a series called The Story is the Strategy, emphasizing how the stories we tell, and who gets to tell them, shape the systems we build.

Checkout Giselle on substack @/notesfromtheland or read the full story here 🔗 https://centerforrisinggenerations.substack.com/p/the-seed-that-was-never-lost-indigenous

06/03/2026

Leadership in action. Seeing rural and indigenous communities inperson is essential to a sound legislative process.

05/30/2026

What does infrastructure have to do with civic leadership?

For rural and Indigenous communities: everything.

Melvin Consulting Principal Daryl Melvin was recently featured by the Flinn Foundation in its Flinn-Brown Fellows Spotlight. The article shares Daryl’s journey as a Hopi and Navajo civil engineer, civic leader, and founder of a firm committed to serving Tribal governments, Native-led nonprofits, rural schools, and communities too often left out of infrastructure and policy conversations.

This spotlight reflects what guides our work every day: relationships, place, listening, and long-term commitment.

We invite you to read the full Flinn-Brown feature here:
https://www.flinn.org/flinn-brown-fellow-daryl-melvin/

Follow Melvin Consulting for more stories about Tribal infrastructure, rural communities, Indigenous leadership, and community-driven solutions.

Daryl Melvin carries something most civic leaders don't: a relationship with this land that stretches back countless generations. Hopi and Navajo, he w ...

05/29/2026

This article speaks to the power of indigenous languages and culture.

Twins reflect on education, “the system” and serving future generations

05/15/2026

Great opportunity to learn about projects in Northern AZ, network and enjoy the great June weather in Flagstaff.

04/08/2026

An update on the KCLC keres language immersion building. Melvin Consulting is excited to help center the important work by KCLC through this building project.

04/03/2026

For more than 30 years, the vision to close the Tuba City Dump site has been in the making. That vision is now becoming reality.

The Hopi Tribe has officially broken ground on this important project—one that represents more than construction. It’s about restoring land, protecting the environment, and honoring long-term stewardship for future generations.

We’re proud at H&A & Melvin Consulting to stand alongside the Hopi Tribe, EPA, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and project partners as this work moves forward

Construction began March 23, marking a meaningful step toward lasting impact for the community.

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04/03/2026

Melvin Consulting is honored to be working with KCKC on their learning center.

03/31/2026

Melvin Consulting is part of the KCLC team building their Keres language immersion school. Congrats to KCLC!