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M ichael C ruz

M ichael C ruz. Cayuga Nation (Six Nations), Turtle clan. Fourth child out of six brothers and sisters Father: Spanish Mother: Native American from the Six Nations reservation, Cayuga, Turtle clan. Grew up in a bad part of upstate New York, with drugs and weekly shootings.

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M ichael C ruz

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  1. Michael Cruz Cayuga Nation (Six Nations), Turtle clan

  2. Fourth child out of six brothers and sisters • Father: Spanish • Mother: Native American from the Six Nations reservation, Cayuga, Turtle clan. • Grew up in a bad part of upstate New York, with drugs and weekly shootings. • Used art and hard work to stay out of trouble • Now lives in a suburban neighborhood in Spencerport N.Y. • tried everything in art there is, from soap stone carvings to watercolor, pencil, ink, clay, air brush, acrylics, oils and pastels.

  3. He experienced his roots spiritually when he visited a powwow called Gathering of Nations • It was at that powwow where he met original Navajo code talkers and he began painting.

  4. Mother Earth and Father Sky

  5. Sitting Bull

  6. Deer Healer

  7. Eagle Dancer

  8. Project Ideas • Students think about their surroundings and what has influenced them and their families and make a painting about that. • Students think about what their people have brought to America and paint that…

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