| Parents: | Woesha Cloud North (mother) Robert Carver North (father) |
| Relatives: | Elizabeth Bender Roe Cloud (grandmother) Henry Roe Cloud (grandfather) Chief Bender (great-uncle) |
| Discipline: | Anthropology |
| Occupation: | Academic, author, feminist |
| Workplaces: | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| Alma Mater: | Stanford Graduate School of Education (PhD) |
| Doctoral Advisor: | Renato Rosaldo |
| Thesis Title: | Healing through grief: Native Americans re-imagining culture, community and citizenship in San Jose, California |
| Thesis Url: | https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/83290481 |
| Thesis Year: | 1999 |
| Children: | 3 |
Renya Katarine Ramirez (born 1959)[1] 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.[2] 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.[3]
Ramirez is a professor of anthropology at University of California, Santa Cruz. She is a Native feminist scholar.[4] 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.[5]
Ramirez is married to Gil and has a daughter and 2 sons.