Malcolm Carr Collier (née, Malcolm Carr; 1908–1983) was an American

anthropologist An anthropologist is a person engaged in the practice of anthropology. Anthropology is the study of aspects of humans within past and present societies. Social anthropology, cultural anthropology and philosophical anthropology study the norms and ...

remembered for her work with the

Navajo The Navajo (; British English: Navaho; nv, Diné or ') are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States. With more than 399,494 enrolled tribal members , the Navajo Nation is the largest federally recognized tribe in the United ...

. She did field work at Grand Coulee Dam in the U.S. state of Washington in 1936, studied the Navaho in the

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site with Katherine Spencer and Doriane Wooley in 1937, and in 1938, conducted research in the Navajo Mountain area. Her work with Spencer and Wooley, ''Navaho clans and marriage at Pueblo Alto'', was published in 1939. Collier studied at the University of Chicago, and she married the archaeologist, Donald Collier.

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