Alfonso Alex Ortiz (April 30, 1939
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico
Ohkay Owingeh ( Tewa: Ohkwee Ówîngeh ), known by its Spanish name as San Juan de los Caballeros from 1589 to 2005, is a pueblo and census-designated place (CDP) in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. Ohkay Owingeh is also a federally recognized tribe ...
– January 26, 1997) was a
Native American cultural anthropologist
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.
Life
Ortiz graduated from the
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...
in 1961, and from the
University of Chicago
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with a master's degree and a Ph.D. in anthropology. He taught at
University of California at Los Angeles
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,
Colorado College
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,
Pitzer College and
Princeton University
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, and at the
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico (UNM; es, Universidad de Nuevo México) is a public research university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Founded in 1889, it is the state's flagship academic institution and the largest by enrollment, with over 25,400 ...
.
He was president of the
Association on American Indian Affairs.
His
San Juan Pueblo, Oral History tapes and papers are held at Princeton.
Legacy
In 1999, the
National Endowment for the Humanities
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issued a grant for the University of New Mexico to establish the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies.
Awards
* 1975
Guggenheim Fellowship
* 1982
MacArthur Fellows Program
Works
*
* ''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
Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author.
Early life
Erdoes was born in Frankfurt, to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Rich ...
, Alfonso Ortiz (eds) Pantheon Books, 1984,
*
*
Alfonso Ortiz Papers 1926-1993 (mostly 1960s-1980s)at
Princeton University Library
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Alfonso Ortiz Collection of Native American Oral Literature 1959-1965 at Princeton University Library
References
External links
"A Tribute to Alfonso Ortiz (1939-97)" Ted Jojola, ''Wíčazo Ša 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
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1939 births
1998 deaths
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
MacArthur Fellows
People from Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
20th-century American anthropologists