In this video I tell a story about hunting elk with my father, Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert, from Upper Munqapi. The account takes place on October 14, 2025, in Unit 5B North (Hopi-owned Hart Ranch), southwest of Winslow, Arizona. Each year, the Hopi Wildlife & Ecosystems Management Program works with Arizona Game and Fish to secure a set number of hunting permits for its tribal members. This hunt is known as the Hopi Hunt. I have written more about the Hopi Hunt in a previous post. The video incorporates images enhanced or created by Artificial Intelligence, namely SuperGrok, and music generated by ElevenLabs. I used this project to become more familiar with AI and its many capabilities, all while keeping my voice original and unaltered.
Category: Artificial Intelligence
An Open Vault
Below is my brief conclusion to The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue (2012), a book that I co-edited with Oregon State University Press. The conclusion, titled “An Open Vault,” recalls my experience as a graduate student at UC Riverside conducting research at the Sherman Indian Museum in Riverside, CA.
As I reflect on the power and capabilities of Artificial Intelligence, a topic dominating today’s news and social media, I am reminded of the importance of our personal stories and voices, which cannot be created truthfully or accurately by programs such as ChatGPT, Grok, and many others.
“Tell your story,” I often say to my students, “nobody can tell it but you.”
I hope people enjoy reading the following story (click image), written before most of us knew anything about this phenomenon called “AI.”
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