| Alfonso Alex Ortiz | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1939-04-30)April 30, 1939 Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico |
| Died | January 26, 1997(1997-01-26) (aged 57) |
| Alma mater | University of New Mexico University of Chicago |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cultural anthropology |
| Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles Colorado College Pitzer College Princeton University University of New Mexico |
Alfonso Alex Ortiz (April 30, 1939 Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico – January 26, 1997) was a Native American cultural anthropologist.
Life
Ortiz 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, Princeton University, and University of New Mexico.
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 issued a grant for the University of New Mexico to establish the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies.
Awards
Works
- The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society. University of Chicago Press. 1972. ISBN 978-0-226-63307-7.
- 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
- Raymond J. DeMallie; Alfonso Ortiz, eds. (1994). North American Indian anthropology: essays on society and culture. Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG. ISBN 978-0-8061-2614-2.
- Raymond J. DeMallie; Alfonso Ortiz, eds. (1994). "The Dynamics of Pueblo Cultural Survival". North American Indian anthropology: essays on society and culture. Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG. ISBN 978-0-8061-2614-2.
- 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". www.indigenouspeople.net.
- GEORGE JOHNSON (January 31, 1997). "Alfonso Ortiz, 57, Anthropologist of the Pueblo, Dies". The New York Times.
- Archived February 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- "Alfonso Ortiz Collection of Native American Oral Literature-WC017". Archived from the original on 2010-06-19. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
- "Alfonso Ortiz Papers-WC126". Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
- "The Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies".
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
- 1939 births
- 1998 deaths
- Tewa people
- 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
- Native American social scientists
- Ohkay Owingeh people