Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert is enrolled with the Hopi Tribe from the village of upper Moencopi in northeastern Arizona. He is an assistant professor of American Indian Studies & History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in history from the University of California, Riverside, and M.A. in theology from Talbot School of Theology.

In 2006, he partnered with Allan Holzman of 716 Productions and the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office to produce Beyond the Mesas. In addition to co-producing the film, he has written extensively on the Hopi boarding school experience, including a book entitled Education beyond the Mesas: Hopi Students at Sherman Institute, 1902-1929 (University of Nebraska Press, 2010). His second monograph (in progress) is on Hopi runners.

Alongside his university responsibilities, he is serving as a board member of the Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF).

To contact the author, email him at: sakiestewa@gmail.com

 


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Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert is enrolled with the Hopi Tribe from the village of Upper Moencopi in northeastern Arizona. He is an assistant professor of American Indian Studies & History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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