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Renya K. Ramirez
Born 1959 (age 64–65)
Alma mater Stanford Graduate School of Education (PhD)
Occupation Academic, author, feminist
Children 3
Parent(s) Woesha Cloud North (mother)
Relatives Elizabeth Bender Roe Cloud (grandmother)
Henry Roe Cloud (grandfather)
Chief Bender (great-uncle)
Scientific career
Institutions University of California, Santa Cruz
Thesis Healing through grief: Native Americans re-imagining culture, community and citizenship in San Jose, California (1999)
Doctoral advisor Renato Rosaldo

Renya Katarine Ramirez (born 1959) 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.

Early life and education

Reyna K. Ramirez was born in 1959 to Woesha Cloud North and Robert Carver. 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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