[1] Weigle received a BA in Social Relations from Harvard (Radcliffe College) in 1965 and continued with graduate study in Folklore at the University of Pennsylvania.
[2] Along with Mari Lyn Salvador, then curator of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, Weigle founded the Alfonso Ortiz Center for Intercultural Studies at the University of New Mexico, winning a National Endowment for the Humanities Challenge Grant in 1999.
[7] The Ortiz Center aims to "create enduring partnerships and collaborations that address community-driven priorities through public-facing anthropology and humanities initiatives.
"[8] In 1981, with Mary Powell, Weigle established Ancient City Press, which published on the American West and Southwest until 2005.
[10] Weigle's personal journals and correspondence are held at the University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections, while the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library at the New Mexico History Museum holds her academic papers.