Ann Fienup-Riordan

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name = Ann Fienup-Riordan
birth_date = October 13, 1948Zencey, Matt. (2001-11-18). "Ann Fienup-Riordan — Q&A: Cultural Anthropologist." "Anchorage Daily News". Retrieved through [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/ Newsbank.com] (subscription required) on 2007-04-11.]
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residence = Alaska
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field = Cultural anthropology
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alma_mater = University of Michigan, B.A. 1971; M.A. 1973
University of Chicago, Ph.D. 1980
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known_for = work with Yup'ik people of Nelson Island, Alaska
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Ann Fienup-Riordan (born 1948) is an American cultural anthropologist known for her work with Yup'ik Eskimo peoples of western Alaska, particularly on Nelson Island and the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. She lives in Anchorage, Alaska.

She received her Ph.D. in anthropology in 1980 from the University of Chicago, where she was influenced by David M. Schneider. Her dissertation was based on 1976-77 fieldwork on Nelson Island, Alaska.

Awards

* Historian of the Year, Alaska Historical Society, 1991, 2001
* Distinguished Humanities Educator (Alaska), 2001
* Denali Award, 2000, Alaska Federation of Natives, for the greatest contribution by a non-Native

Works

* Fienup-Riordan, Ann. (1983). "The Nelson Island Eskimo: Social Structure and Ritual Distribution". Anchorage, AK: Alaska Pacific University Press.
* Fienup-Riordan, Ann. (1990). "Eskimo Essays: Yup'ik Lives and How We See Them". New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
* Fienup-Riordan, Ann. (1991). "The Real People and the Children of Thunder: The Yup'Ik Eskimo Encounter With Moravian Missionaries John and Edith Kilbuck". Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
* Fienup-Riordan, Ann. (1994). "Boundaries and Passages: Rule and Ritual in Yup'ik Eskimo Oral Tradition". Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
* Fienup-Riordan, Ann. (1996). "The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks: Agayuliyararput (Our Way of Making Prayer). Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press.
* Fienup-Riordan, Ann. (2000). "Hunting Tradition in a Changing World: Yup'ik Lives in Alaska Today". New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press.
* Fienup-Riordan, Ann. (2001). "What's in a Name? Becoming a Real Person in a Yup'ik Community". University of Nebraska Press.

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