Trudy Ann Griffin-Pierce (December 27, 1949 – January 6, 2009) was an American medical anthropologist, writer and artist.
She was put in touch with a family in Many Farms, Arizona who informally adopted her, and taught her the Navajo language and culture.
Griffin worked as a curator at the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then at Kitt Peak National Observatory.
[3] Griffin-Pierce returned to the University of Arizona to work on a doctorate in cultural anthropology, graduating in 1987.
[3][1] The same year she joined the faculty of the University of Arizona specialising in medical anthropology and native cultures.