Renya K. Ramirez
Renya Katarine Ramirez is a Ho-Chunk American anthropologist, author, and Native feminist. She is a professor of anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. Ramirez has written 2 books on Native American culture.Reyna K. Ramirez was born in 1959 to Woesha Cloud North and Robert Carver North. She has 3 sisters and a brother. She is the youngest granddaughter of prominent Native American leaders Elizabeth Bender Roe Cloud and Henry Roe Cloud. Ramirez is an enrolled member of the Winnebago [Tribe of Nebraska]. She completed a Ph.D. at Stanford [Graduate School of Education] in 1999. Her dissertation was titled, Healing through grief: Native Americans re-imagining, culture, community and citizenship in San Jose, California. Ramirez's doctoral advisor was Renato Rosaldo.Career
Ramirez is a professor of anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. She is a Native feminist scholar. Ramirez is the executive producer, co-producer, screenwriter, and co-director of the film, Standing in the Place of Fear: Legacy of Henry Roe Cloud.Personal life
Ramirez is married to Gil and has a daughter and 2 sons.Selected works
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