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American cultural anthropologist (born 1948)

Ann Fienup-Riordan (born 1948) is an American cultural anthropologist known for her work with the Yup'ik of western Alaska, particularly on Nelson Island and the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta.

She lives in Anchorage, Alaska. She received Historian of the Year awards from the Alaska Historical Society in 1991 and 2001.^[2]

She received her Ph.D.

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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