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The Women of The Four Directions was created in the winter of 2010 by Daniel Ramirez as part of an on going series entitled, “Caring For Our Elders,” and is the seventeenth painting from the series. This painting was created in correlation to his class presentation on American Indian Arts and Culture given at Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. Within the painting are several iconic concepts including the Four Sacred Colors which symbolizes the four colors of man, as well as the Four Directions. These directions have associated colors and the artist has placed two women from each direction dressed in the color from which she comes. From left to right the women on the left symbolize the black and their northwestern Native American regalia. They are also holding the Sage in their hands which is the sacred plant of their area. The women in white regalia represent the North and they hold Sweetgrass in their hands. Yellow is the color for the East and they are holding the Tobacco plant, and finally the women on the right represent the South and their sacred plant is Cedar.
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