Alfonso Ortiz Explained

Alfonso Alex Ortiz
Birth Date:	30 April 1939
Birth Place:	Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico
Fields:	Cultural anthropology
Workplaces:	University of California, Los Angeles Colorado College Pitzer College Princeton University University of New Mexico
Alma Mater:	University of New Mexico University of Chicago
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Alfonso Alex Ortiz (April 30, 1939 Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, New Mexico – January 26, 1997) was a Native American cultural anthropologist.^{[1] [2]}

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.^[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

• 1975 Guggenheim Fellowship
• 1982 MacArthur Fellows Program

Works

• Book: The Tewa World: Space, Time, Being, and Becoming in a Pueblo Society. University of Chicago Press. 1972. 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,
• Book: North American Indian anthropology: essays on society and culture. Raymond J. DeMallie . Alfonso Ortiz. Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG. 1994. 978-0-8061-2614-2 .
• Book: https://books.google.com/books?id=FFnaBwUIMdMC&q=Alfonso+Ortiz&pg=PA296. The Dynamics of Pueblo Cultural Survival. North American Indian anthropology: essays on society and culture. Raymond J. DeMallie . Alfonso Ortiz. Verlag für die Deutsche Wirtschaft AG. 1994. 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

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: In Honor of Alfonso Ortiz. www.indigenouspeople.net.
2. News: Alfonso Ortiz, 57, Anthropologist of the Pueblo, Dies. GEORGE JOHNSON. January 31, 1997. The New York Times.
3. http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/information/biography/klmno/ortiz_alfonso.html
4. Web site: Alfonso Ortiz Collection of Native American Oral Literature-WC017 . 2010-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100619102408/http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?eadid=WC017&kw= . 2010-06-19 . dead .
5. Web site: Alfonso Ortiz Papers-WC126 . 2018-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100618075221/http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?id=ark%3A%2F88435%2F6m311p325 . 2010-06-18 . dead .
6. Web site: The Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies.