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 received Historian of the Year awards from the Alaska Historical Society in 1991 and 2001.
[2] She received her Ph.D. in anthropology in 1980 from the University of Chicago, where she was influenced by David M. Schneider.
Agayuliyararput (Our Way of Making Prayer): The Living Tradition of Yup'ik Masks.
From 2008 to 2010 the exhibition traveled to museums in Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska, and Washington, DC.