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Beyond the Mesas

The website of Hopi historian and author Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert

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- Education beyond the Mesas: Hopi Students at Sherman Institute, 1902-1929
- The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue: Voices and Images from Sherman Institute
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Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert (Hopi) is Professor of History and Professor and Head of the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona.

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Revisiting the Hopi Boarding School Experience at Sherman Institute and the Process of Making Research Meaningful to Community (JAIE, 2018)

Education beyond the Mesas: Hopi Students at Sherman Institute, 1902-1929 (University of Nebraska Press, 2010)

Introduction to Education beyond the Mesas (2010)

The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue: Voices and Images From Sherman Institute (Oregon State University Press, 2012)

Foreward to Don Talayesva’s Sun Chief: An Autobiography of A Hopi Indian (2013)

Foreword to Kevin Whalen’s Native Students at Work: American Indian Labor and Sherman Institute’s Outing Program, 1900-1945

A Second Wave of Hopi Migration (HEQ, 2014)

Marathoner Louis Tewanima and the Continuity of Hopi Running, 1908-1912 (WHQ, 2012). Winner of Spur Award for Best Western Short Nonfiction, Western Writers of America (2013)

Hopi Footraces and American Marathons, 1912-1930 (AQ, 2010)

The Hopi Followers: Chief Tawaquaptewa and Hopi Student Advancement at Sherman Institute, 1906-1909 (JAIE, 2005)

Constitution and Bylaws of the Hopi Tribe (With all amendments, click to download)

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Hopi artists

Casper Lomayesva
Clark Tenakhongva
Duane Maktima
Ed Kabotie
Griselda Saufkie
Michael Kabotie
Nampeyo
Rachel Sahmie
Ramona Sakiestewa
Ruby Chimerica
Wayland Namingha, Jr. (Namingha Arts)
WenSaks Designs (Wendell Sakiestewa)

Hopi education

Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF)
Hopi Jr./Sr. High School
Hopi Mission School (Hopi Mission Foundation)
Hopitutuqaiki – The Hopi School
The Lowell Observatory Navajo-Hopi Astronomy Outreach Program

Hopi faculty

Anglea A. Gonzales (Cornell University)
Dwight K. Lomayesva (Riverside Community College)
Emory Sekaquaptewa, 1928-2007 (University of Arizona)
Frank C. Dukepoo, 1944-1999 (Northern Arizona University)
LaVerne Masayesva-Jeanne (University of Nevada, Reno)
Linda Lomahaftewa (Institute of American Indian Arts )
Lomayumtewa C. Ishii (Northern Arizona University)
Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert (University of Illinois)
Sandy Kewanhaptewa-Dixon (Cal State Univ. Pomona)
Sheilah E. Nicholas (University of Arizona)
Willard Sakiestewa Gilbert (Northern Arizona University)

Hopi history and culture

Footprints of the Ancestors
From Arizona to Alcatraz: Hopi Prisoners on Alcatraz
Hopi Cultural Preservation Office
Hopi Documentary History Project
Hopi History: Alcatraz Prisoners Part I
Hopi History: Alcatraz Prisoners Part II
Hopilavayi Project
Indigenous Voices of the Colorado Plateau – Hopi (NAU Cline Library)
Mesa Media, Inc.
New Software Brings Hopi History to Life
Resources in and about the Hopi Language
The Hopi History Project: Where 21st-Century Hopis Meet 16th-Century Spaniards

Hopi literature

How Maasaw and the People of Oraibi Got Scared to Death Once – Herschel Talashoma
I Have Come – Lomawywesa (Michael Kabotie)
One More Smile for a Hopi Clown – Emory Sekaquaptewa
To Some Few Hopi Ancestors – Wendy Rose

Hopi news of interest

Bay Area students experience northern AZ, Hopi culture
Hopi group files lawsuit contesting chairman's authority over villages
Hopi Tribe seeks to drop 'ruins' from park's name
New JROTC instructor comes to Hopi High

Hopi organizations on Facebook

Hopi Education Endowment Fund (HEEF)
Hopi Leadership Program
HOPI Substance Abuse Prevention Center
Hopi Tutskwa Permaculture
KUYI Hopi Public Radio
Owl and Panther: A Project of The Hopi Foundation
The Hopi Foundation
The Natwani Coalition
Third Mesa Productions

Hopi photographers and film makers

Owen Seumptewa
Victor Masayesva, Jr.

Hopi running

A Running Tradition (article on Juwan Nuvayokva)
Hakintonmuya Relays
Hopi 10K & 5K (Oraivi Footrace)
Hopi Footraces and American Marathons, 1912-1930
Hopi High boys win 20th consecutive state championships
Hopi high girls win fourth consecutive state XC title
Hopis' trek to tell world about water
Louis Tewanima Footrace
Nicholas Quamawahu
Oraivi footrace and walk – A dream becomes reality
Racing the Rez (Brian Trujillo)
Running Spirit (Alexander D. Chapin and James Kewanwytewa)
Sacred Sites Run, Hopiland to Teotihuacan, Mexico
The Paatuwaqatsi Run (Water Is Life)
The Spirits Moved Him (Sports Illustrated article on Louis Tewanima)

Hopi self-determination

Black Mesa Trust
Hopi Tribal Courts
KUYI 88.1 FM – Hopi Radio
The Hopi Foundation

Hopi services

Hopi Bookmobile
Hopi Dispute Resolution Services
Hopi Guidance Center
Hopi Health Care Center
Hopi Telecommuncations, Inc.

Hopi tourism

Experience Hopi
Hopi Cultural Center
Hopi Try to Create Culturally Compatible Tourism (KNAU/NPR)
New Hopi hotel to teach travelers about tribe's culture (Associated Press)
Northern Arizona Native American Culture Trail

Hopi Tribal Government

Hopi Tribal News
Hopi Tribe Contact Information
Hopi Tribe Enrollment
Hopi Tribe Government
Official Hopi Tribe website

Hopi videos and films

Autobiography of a Hopi (trailer)
Frank C. Dukepoo interview
Hopi Corn: The Mother of Life (Emory Sekaquaptewa & Henry Hagedorn)
HOPI PRIDE by Patty Talahongva and Carey Moots
Hopi water law suit, 1971 (David Monongye)
Iisaw: Hopi Coyote Tales (Helen Sekaquaptewa)
Imagining Indians (Victor Masayesva, Jr.)
Itam Hakim Hopiit – PREVIEW (Victor Masayesva, Jr.)
NATAWANIA: A Hopi Philosophical Statement, 1978 (George Nasoftie)
Native Sun Hopi 1989 (Hopi use of solar energy)
Piki of the Hopi (Victoria Spencer and Marlene Sekaquaptewa)
Planting the Seeds for Our Children's Future (HEEF)
Ruby Chimerica on the Hopi Reservation, Arizona
Vernon Masayesva on Hopis and Water
Yongosona Hopi Pottery – Turtles by 10 Hopi Artists (HEEF)

Hopis on National Public Radio (NPR)

Hopi Teens Worry About Loss of Culture
Hopi Tribe Looks to Gambling to Boost Economy
Jonathan Day
Ramson Lomatewama

Related websites

American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many – NPR Part I
American Indian School a Far Cry from the Past – NPR Part II
Archaeology of the Phoenix Indian School (Owen Lindauer)
Carlisle Indian School (Barbara Landis)
Heard Museum
History of Indian Education (Jon Reyhner)
Indian School Hospitals Under the Office of Indian Affairs (1883-1916)
Learning who we are
Protocols for Native American Archival Materials
Sherman Indian Museum

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