WLNAP as of 2020

The Women of the Great Lakes

This First section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2006-2007 with the generous support of Ms. Kyle Crampton of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan. It was in part executed during a feature of Daniel Ramirez Artwork at the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) in Washington DC.

This painting depicts the Women a combination of the three states around the Great Lakes:

Michigan; Bay Mills Chippewa, Grand Traverse Bay Ottawa, Hannaville Potawattomi, Keeweenaw Bay Indian Community, Lac Vieux Desert Chippewas, Little River Band of Ottawa, Little Traverse Band of Odawa, Gun Lake Potawattomi, Huron Band of Potawattomi, Saginaw Chippewa, Sault St. Marie Chippewa

Wisconsin; Bad River Band of Chippewa, Forest County Potawattomi, Ho-Chunk Nation, Lac Courtes Oreilles Chippewa, Lac Du Flambeau Chippewa, Menominee, Onieda Tribe of Wisconsin, Red Cliff Band of Chippewa, Sokaogon Band of Chippewa, St. Croix Band of Chippewa, Stockbridge Munsee Community

Minnesota; Grand Portage, Bois Forte, Red Lake, White Earth, Leech Lake, Fond du Lac, and Mille Lacs Anishinabe; Shakopee, Mdewakanton, Prairie Island, Lower Sioux and Upper Sioux Dakota Communities

The Women of Many Nations

The second section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2008-2009 with the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. George and Renee Flint from West Virginia.

Depiction of the tribes represented from Left to Right: Two Blackfoot, Odawa, Chippewa (Daniel’s great aunt), Kaw, Cherokee, Osage, Tohono O’odham, Taos, Hopi, San Ildefonso, San Felipe family, Zuni, Acoma, Navajo couple

Passing On Traditions

The third section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2010-2011 with the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Kim and Paula St Onge from Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Depiction of the tribes represented from Left to Right: (not including children except when next to adult) Navajo, four Ojibwe (Daniel’s family), Julia Parker (Pomo Miwok), Apache Basketmaker, Tohono O’odham, Sioux Dollmaker, Jemez Potter, Menominee family, Potowattomi Strawberry Carrier, Ho-Chunk family, Onieda family, Santa Domingo family, Comanche (La Donna Harris), Yakima elder, Santa Domingo potter (Tenorio)

The Women of the Nineteen Pueblos

The fourth section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 20012 with the generous support of Mr. and Mrs Munger from Tubac, Arizona.

Depiction of the tribes represented from Left to Right: Santo Domingo, Santa Ana, Sandia, San Felipe, Tesuque, Nambe, Picarus, Cochiti, Taos, San Ildelfonso, Isleta, Zia, Laguna, Pojoaque, Ohkay Owingeh, Santa Clara, Zuni, Jemez, Acoma

Circle of Nations

The fifth section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2013-2014 with the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Kim and Paula St Onge from Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Depiction of the tribes represented from Left to Right: Inuit, Yakima, Shoshone Bannock, Crow, Sioux, Ojibwe, Penobscot, Onieda (mother/daughter), Mohegan, Catawba, two Seminoles, Pueblo (mixed), White Mountain Apache, Jicarilla, Mescalero, Pomo, Umatilla, Walla Walla, and Cayuse

The Women of Oklahoma

The sixth section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2014 with the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. Anna and Jim Larson from Washington.

Depiction of the tribes represented from Left to Right: Wilma Mankiller (Cherokee), Potwattomi, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Caddo, Quapaw, Creek, Seminole, Shawnee, Eastern Shawnee, Absentee Shawnee, Otoe, Ponca, Kaw, Kialagee (Sioux), Kickapoo, Comanche family, Cherokee Nation, Arapahoe.

The Women of Route 66

The seventh section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2015 with the generous support of Mr. and Mrs.Forrest and Marti Greenwood from California

The iconic Route 66 also known as the Mother Road crosses 27 tribes from Illinois to California. This painting depicts some of these indiginous people who have been directly affected by the establishment of Route 66. From left to right: Sauk Tribe; Ho-Chunk Tribe; Fox Tribe; Osage Nation; Wichita Tribe; Missoura Woman with elder; 2 Kiowa women, 2 Chocktaw/Cherokee women, Isleta Del Sur Tribe of Texas, Laguna Pueblo; Isleta Pueblo of New Mexico, Navajo Nation/Dine; 2 Yavapai from Peach Springs, Pechanga woman with basket; Chumash mother with baby, Morongo Elder and 2 Tongva women with kids.

The Women of the Lewis and Clark Trail

The eighth section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2016 with the generous support of Mr. and Mrs.Forrest and Marti Greenwood from California

Depiction of the tribes represented from Left to Right: Takelma, Klamath, Umatilla, Siletz, Spokane, Yakima, Nez Pierce, Shoshone (Sacawejea), Chippewa, Crow, Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, Osage, Pawnee, Kansa, Illinii, Ioway, Otoe.

Our Heroes : Women Chiefs, Ambassadors and Leaders

The ninth section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2017 with the generous support of Mrs. Therese Garcia from Los Lunas, New Mexico

This painting depicts 7 chiefs, 7 ambassadors and 6 leaders across the entire Nation which are represented by women who have done extraordinary things for their community in history or in our modern days. From Left to Right : Chief Caleen Sisk from the Winnemem Wintu Tribe of Northern California; Matika Wilbur - Swinomish and Tulalip photographer; Gertrude Bonnin - Zitkala Sa Sioux; Queen Alliquippa - Seneca chief of the mid 18th century who met with President George Washington; Shiela Jordan - direct descendsant of Queen Alliquipa who is a contemporary well known Jazz Singer; Verna Williamson - First female Governor of the Isleta Pueblo of New Mexico; Marge Anderson - Chippewa and first female chief of the Mille Lac Indians; Valorie Johnson (Huff) who was the philanthropist of the Kellog Foundation; Louise Erdrich - Well known Native American Ojibwe Author; Cecilia Fire Thunder - first female chief of the Oglala Sioux Tribe; Patricia Michaels - Contemporary Fashion Designer from the Taos Pueblo; Lori Piestewa - first woman warrior to die in the Iraqi War from the Hopi Pueblo; Betty Mae Jumper- first female chief of the Seminoles; Eloise Cobell (Pepion) - lawyer from the Blackfeet Nation who won the legal battle Cobell vs Salazar (US government); Winnona LaDuke - celebrated author and activist from White Earth Chippewa Reservation MN; Wilma Mankiller - first woman chief of the Cherokees; Minnie Spotted Wolf - First Native American Female in the Marine Corp; Eizabeth Peratrovich - Well Known Tlinglit Woman for her fight against Native American segregation in Alaska; Lavina Washine - First female chief of the Yakima Nation; and Katsi Cook - one of the most recognized Midwife from the Mohawk Nation.

Indigenous Women of Arizona

The tenth section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2017-2018 with the generous support of The Friends of Western Arts (Tucson, AZ) which donated the painting to the Museum of The Amerind Foundation for permanent installation in Dragoon, AZ

The Indigenous Women of Arizona highlights the Northern Tribes on the left, the central tribes around Phoenix in the center, and the Southern Tribes on the left. There is a special idea within the painting including the combination of Elders mixed with younger figures. Generally, the earlier work focuses primarily on Elders. “I feel this gives the viewer a better understanding of how important women of all ages are to us, giving our younger women some acknowledgment, and to honor all Native women.”

Like the paintings that have come before this work I have spent most of my time researching the various tribes and their cultural connections to clothing, art, heritage, and personal identities in order to present the characteristics I feel are important to know about each tribe. At the same time, I “create” an image that I hope honors each tribe being recognized. “I hope this will inspire the viewer to do their own research. Take the name of the tribe and look them up and read about what makes each tribeThe Indigenous Women of Arizona (or Native Woman) more interesting and unique.”

From left to right the tribes being recognized here are…

Hopi Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Tribe, Ft. Mojave, Navajo (dine), Yavapai- Prescott Apache Nation, Kaibab Band of Paiute, Ak-Chin, Tonto Apache, Gila River Indian Community, Tohono O’odham Nation, Pasqua Yaqui, Maricopa,Fort Yuma-Quechan tribe, Zuni, Cocopah Indian Tribe, White Mountain Apache, San Juan Paiute, Colorado River, and the San Carlos Apache.

*There are 21 Federally Recognized Tribes in Arizona

*Twenty tribes are members of the Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona

Indigenous Women Artists of United States

The eleventh section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2019 with the generous support of Dr. Kim St. Onge and his wife Paula Rose, New Mexico

This painting depicts Indigenous women artists who in history or today have accomplished extraordinary careers through various art forms.

From Left to Right :

* “Te Ata” (Chickasaw) who was the first well known storyteller

* Debbie Rambeau (Pasqua Yaqui) recognized for her beautiful gourd work

* Kim Orbazut (Hopi) who has a very long and established career in Sculpture

*Maria Tallchief (Osage) who was the first prima ballerina in the USA

* Pat McAllister (Ekota Cherokee) who has created a life-long career in Painting

*Grace Brady (Shoshone Bannok), an expert basket weaver

*Delina White (Ojibwe) who is a pioneer in Native American Fashion Designs

*Robin Waynee (Saginaw Chippewa) internationally recognized and award winner for her exceptional Jewelry

*Eva Salazar (Kummyay) famous for her extraordinarily delicate basket making

*Paula Estevan and her mother Pat Mike (Acoma Pueblo) very accomplished and recognized potters.

*Kathleen Wall (Jemez Pueblo) famous for her beautiful clay figurines and sculptures

*Eloise Padilla (Santo Domingo Pueblo) an expert in pueblo jewelry and silversmith

*Christina Danforth (Oneida) very well accomplished bead worker and current chairman of the Oneidas

*Suzanne Cross (Ojibwe), well recognized for her regalia making items such as the purple shawl that she prepared for the next figure Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) the newly elected congresswoman

*Joy Harjo (Muskogee) extensively published writer and poet who is the recipient of the American Poet Laureate

*Wendy Redstar (Crow) a very accomplished artist

*Mary Big Horse (Osage) who was a very respected traditional regalia maker

*Glory Tacheenie (Navajo)

*Last Figure is unnamed (Southern Ute), this woman illustrates the traditional art of cradle board making