Alfonso Ortiz
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Alfonso Alex Ortiz (April 30, 1939 San Juan, New Mexico – January 26, 1997) was a Native American cultural anthropologist.[1][2]
Life
He graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1961, and from the University of Chicago with a master's degree and a Ph.D. in anthropology. He taught at University of California at Los Angeles, Colorado College, Pitzer College and Princeton University, and at the University of New Mexico.[3]
He was president of the Association on American Indian Affairs. His San Juan Pueblo, Oral History tapes and papers are held at Princeton.[4][5]
Legacy
In 1999, the National Endowment for the Humanities issued a grant for the University of New Mexico to establish the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies.[6]
Awards
Works
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- New Perspectives on the Pueblos, University of New Mexico Press, 1972
- Handbook of North American Indians (volumes 9 and 10, Smithsonian Institution, 1979 and 1983
- To Carry Forth the Vine: an Anthology of Traditional Native North American Poetry.
- American Indian myths and legends Richard Erdoes, Alfonso Ortiz (eds) Pantheon Books, 1984, ISBN 978-0-394-50796-5
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- Alfonso Ortiz Papers 1926-1993 (mostly 1960s-1980s) at Princeton University Library
- Alfonso Ortiz Collection of Native American Oral Literature 1959-1965, at Princeton University Library
References
- ↑ In Honor of Alfonso Ortiz<
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- ↑ http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/klmno/ortiz_alfonso.html[dead link]
- ↑ Alfonso Ortiz Collection of Native American Oral Literature-WC017
- ↑ Alfonso Ortiz Papers-WC126
- ↑ The Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies
External links
- "A Tribute to Alfonso Ortiz (1939-97)", Ted Jojola, Wicazo Sa Review, Vol. 12, No. 2 (Autumn, 1997), pp. 9–11
- "A Conversation with Alfonso Ortiz", Dewitt, Susan, La Confluencia, 1, 2, 32-9, Dec 76
Categories:
- Articles with dead external links from November 2012
- 1939 births
- 1998 deaths
- American anthropologists
- Tewa
- University of New Mexico alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- University of California, Los Angeles faculty
- Colorado College faculty
- Pitzer College faculty
- Princeton University faculty
- University of New Mexico faculty
- Guggenheim Fellows
- MacArthur Fellows
