Tag: Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert and University of Arizona

Hopi Runners Presentation, Hosted by Amerind Museum

On By Matthew Sakiestewa GilbertIn Hopi, Hopi books, Hopi history, Hopi Runners, hopi scholar, Hopi scholarship, Hopi videos2 Comments

On Saturday September 12, I gave a presentation on my book Hopi Runners: Crossing the Terrain between Indian and American (University Press of Kansas). The event was hosted by Amerind Museum in Dragoon, Arizona. I have the privilege of serving on Amerind’s Board of Directors. It is a terrific organization that does a lot of good work with and for Native communities in the Southwest. Below is the video of my talk, with 660 people in attendance!

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Making a run for the desert

On By Matthew Sakiestewa GilbertIn AIS at Illinois, AIS at University of Arizona, American Indian Studies13 Comments

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Seated at the UofI AIS Director’s Desk

I am excited to announce that I will be leaving the University of Illinois soon to begin a new appointment as Professor and Head of the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona!

After 13 years at the UofI, I am finally making my way back to the Southwest and closer to family and the larger Hopi community.

I will be leaving wonderful colleagues and friends in the American Indian Studies Program and the Department of History, terrific students, and a very supportive College and campus administration.

But I will be joining a highly respected and established AIS department, a community of outstanding faculty and students, and a university (and program) that I have always wanted to work at.

Needless to say, I am thrilled to be making this run for the desert and taking part (once again) in the second wave of Hopi migration.

To the fence and back!