{"product_id":"education-beyond-the-mesas-hopi-students-at-sherman-institute-1902-1929-hardcover","title":"Education Beyond the Mesas: Hopi Students at Sherman Institute, 1902-1929 - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Sakiestewa Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEducation beyond the Mesas\u003c\/em\u003e is the fascinating story of how generations of Hopi schoolchildren from northeastern Arizona \"turned the power\" by using compulsory federal education to affirm their way of life and better their community. Sherman Institute in Riverside, California, one of the largest off-reservation boarding schools in the United States, followed other federally funded boarding schools of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in promoting the assimilation of indigenous people into mainstream America. Many Hopi schoolchildren, deeply conversant in Hopi values and traditional education before being sent to Sherman Institute, resisted this program of acculturation. Immersed in learning about another world, generations of Hopi children drew on their culture to skillfully navigate a system designed to change them irrevocably. In fact, not only did the Hopi children strengthen their commitment to their families and communities while away in the \"land of oranges,\" they used their new skills, fluency in English, and knowledge of politics and economics to help their people when they eventually returned home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Sakiestewa Gilbert draws on interviews, archival records, and his own experiences growing up in the Hopi community to offer a powerful account of a quiet, enduring triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Sakiestewa Gilbert is an assistant professor of American Indian studies and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His articles have appeared in \u003cem\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJournal of American Indian Education\u003c\/em\u003e, and in edited volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Sakiestewa Gilbert is an assistant professor of American Indian studies and history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Indian Education\u003c\/i\u003e, and in edited volumes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.5 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42131320701063,"sku":"9780803216266","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ae67ebc682bc3fc4bacca51138f3f017.webp?v=1732618011","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/education-beyond-the-mesas-hopi-students-at-sherman-institute-1902-1929-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}