Trudy Griffin-Pierce
Office: Emil Haury 313A Phone: 520-621-8684
Trudy Griffin-Pierce
Email:
 trudyg@email.arizona.edu
Degree:
 Ph.D. University of Arizona, 1987
Affiliation:

Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
Interests:
 Issues of memory and personhood among Native American elders in Arizona; Navajo ethnography; world view as reflected in sandpaintings
Classes:
 Anth 102 Cultural Anthropology and Linguistics
Anth 206 Native Peoples of the Southwest
Anth 413/513 Ethnology of the Southwest

Current Research:

 National Institute of Aging study on dementia and Alzheimers research among Native Americans in Arizona


Recent Major Publications:

in press Paradigms of Power:  the Chiricahua Apache Prisoners of War and Naiche's Hide Paintings. University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa.
2000 "Navajo Religion." In Native Religions and Cultures of North America, edited Lawrence Eugene Sullivan. Jaca Books, Cambridge.
2000

Native Peoples of the Southwest. University of New Mexico Press, Alburquerque
1997 "'When I Am Lonely the Mountains Call Me:' The Impact of Sacred Geography on Navajo Psychological Well Being." In The Journal of the National Center for American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research 7(3):1-10.
1996 Native Americans: Enduring Cultures and Traditions. Metro Books, London
1995 The Encyclopedia of Native America. Penguin, New York.
1992 Earth Is My Mother, Sky Is My Father: Space, Time, and Astronomy in Navajo Sandpainting. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque. (also cover art and illustrations)

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