THE WOMEN OF THE GREAT LAKES
This First section of the World Longest Native American Painting was created in 2006-2007. 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 within 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