Honoring women Daniel Ramirez was this year's Olga J. and G. Roland Denison Visiting
Professor of Native American Studies. He taught a humanities course, and he created this painting, "The Women of Many Nations," depicting the pride and honor among Native American women across the United States.
The painting features women from four regions of the country – north, south, east and west – four sacred colors – white, red, yellow and black – and four sacred plants – sweetgrass, cedar, tobacco and sage.
Ramirez's great-grandmother was one of the fi rst people to make Eastern Woodland baskets, which she sold on the streets of Mount Pleasant 100 years ago. •
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Read up-to-date CMU news, see maps of campus, and watch YouTube videos. Stay in the game with the latest sports news, scores and schedules. And play the fi ght song, or grab a campus photo to set as your wallpaper.
CMU Connect is available free for use with the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad at cmich.edu/ cmuconnect or in the Apple iTunes Store. •
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