Alfonso Ortiz
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 and Princeton University, and at the 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
 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, Alfonso Ortiz (eds) Pantheon Books, 1984, 

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

