Myaamia Winter Gathering

Sydney Angelo and Mia Bowles, Myaamia Heritage students, view ribbonwork at the Myaamia Heritage Museum and Archive. Photo by Jonathan Fox, Myaamia Center.

The 29th Annual Myaamia Winter Gathering event was held January 30-31, 2026. Each year, this community event serves as an opportunity for the Myaamia Center to invite campus partners to spend time with the Myaamia community in Miami, Oklahoma.

This year’s attendees from Miami University included participants in the Indigenizing the Curriculum cohort, partners from the Myaamia Arts & Culture Education Partnership initiative, graduate students working with the Myaamia Center, Myaamia Heritage students, and the majority of our staff. The group had the opportunity to tour the Miami Tribe’s governmental headquarters, visit the Myaamia Heritage Museum, and participate in stomp dance and other social dances.

Read the 2026 Winter Gathering Recap

Register for the Myaamiaki Conference

The presentation schedule is now available to view online! Register for our conference on April 18, 2026, at Miami University to learn about ongoing research at the Myaamia Center. This event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Learn More and Register Here

Aacimotaatiiyankwi: A Myaamia Community Blog

Dr. Madison Bastress. Photo courtesy of the Newberry Library.

In April, Dr. Madison Bastress will be speaking at the Myaamiaki Conference at Miami University. Did you know she spent two years working with our staff as a visiting scholar? Madison’s Ph.D. work was about Myaamiaki ‘Myaamia people’ and our connection to our homelands. You can read more about her dissertation on Aacimotaatiiyankwi. And don’t forget to register for the Myaamiaki Conference to hear Madison talk about her research experience!

Read about Madison's Research

Myaamia Education Office Updates

2026 Myaamia Lunar Calendar cover.

Weehki-Kihkatwe! 'It's the Myaamia Lunar New Year!' On Friday of last week (2/20), we celebrated the sprouting of Mahkoonsa Kiilhswa ‘Young Black Bear Moon,’ which marks the beginning of the Myaamia lunar year. During this time of year, plants, like ahsenaamiša ‘sugar maples,’ begin to slowly wake up from their period of winter dormancy.

Keeping with these seasonal shifts, Myaamia Center staff opened up our siihsipaahkwikaani ‘sugar camp’ on campus by tapping ten trees. For the next three to four weeks, we’ll be harvesting sap and cooking it down to make maple syrup. Later in the spring, we’ll share the product of this work with our students at our annual waffles and syrup feast.

Learn how to use the Myaamia Lunar Calendar

keetwi iišileniciki neepwaaminciki? What are Myaamia Students up to?

Sydney Armes works on a ribbon skirt at the workshop. Photo by Karen Baldwin, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

It’s been a busy start to the semester with our Myaamia Heritage Students! A group of students traveled with us to the Miami Tribe’s Winter Gathering event in January to spend time with the Myaamia community. Back on campus, our students have already had the opportunity to participate in two different workshops, learning to finger-weave a keychain project and sew ribbon skirts with Myaamia Center staff. This weekend, we’re looking forward to traveling to Kiihkayonki ‘Ft. Wayne, Indiana', with some of our students to celebrate the Myaamia Lunar New Year with the Tribe’s Cultural Resource Extension Office.

Support Myaamia Heritage Students

Upcoming Events

Myaamia community members are invited to take part in Aatotantaawi, a monthly gathering where we talk about a timely cultural topic.

In March, we will discuss Moon of the Turning Leaves. This 2023 dystopian novel by Waubgeshig Rice is a sequel to Moon of the Crusted Snow, following an Anishinaabe community in Northern Ontario a decade after a global blackout.

Pick up a copy soon to read before our Aatotantaawi ‘Let’s talk about it’ discussion in March!

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