Mission San Gabriel: The Full Story

Join us for a presentation by University of California, Riverside professor Steven Hackel as he explores the often challenging story of how life was experienced for Indigenous people living in the Mission under the administration of the Spanish government and the Mission padres. The talk will also discuss how the history of the Mission has been presented over time and the new Mission museum exhibition that opened in 2023.

Dr. Steven Hackel was born and raised in California, earned his B.A. at Stanford University and Ph.D. in American History from Cornell University with specializations in early America and the American West. From 1994 to 1996 he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture in Williamsburg, Virginia. He taught at Oregon State University from 1996 to 2007 and joined the faculty at UCR in the fall of 2007. After at two-year stint as Vice Chair…