Dr. Ardy Sixkiller Clarke

Academic Background

Dr. Ardy Sixkiller Clarke is a Cherokee/Choctaw scholar and Professor Emeritus at Montana State University, where she served as Director of the Center for Bilingual/Multicultural Education. Clarke holds degrees in history, English, psychology, and educational leadership, and maintained dual expertise as a licensed therapist and psychologist. Her early career focused on education, bilingual studies, and indigenous community support across multiple academic institutions.

Research Focus: Indigenous Star People Traditions

Beginning in 2003, Clarke pivoted toward UFO research with a distinctive angle—documenting indigenous knowledge systems regarding extraterrestrial contact. She conducted a seven-year expedition (2003–2010) through Belize, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico, visiting 89 archaeological sites and conducting nearly 100 interviews with indigenous peoples. Over 12,000 miles of fieldwork yielded accounts of encounters with space travelers, giants, little people, and UFOs embedded in indigenous oral traditions and archaeological contexts.

Major Publications

Clarke's research culminated in bestselling works bridging indigenous knowledge and UFO studies. Encounters with Star People: Untold Stories of American Indians (2013) chronicles indigenous American contact narratives and traditions. Sky People: Untold Stories of Alien Encounters in Mesoamerica (2014) compiles testimonies from Mesoamerican indigenous communities, emphasizing continuity between ancient cultural records and modern encounter reports. Beyond UFO studies, she authored Sisters in the Blood: The Education of Women in Native America, a peer-reviewed academic text, and twelve children's books.

Scholarly Contribution

Clarke's work addresses a significant gap in UFO research by centering indigenous voices and knowledge systems as credible sources of contact narratives. Rather than dismissing indigenous traditions as mythology or misidentification, she treats them as historical documentation worthy of serious investigation. Her combination of academic rigor, indigenous heritage, and fieldwork methodology has made her a bridge figure between academic institutions and indigenous communities in UFO discourse.