Myaamia Heritage Program students standing for a group photo on Miami University's campus

From the Executive Director

Myaamia Center Executive Director, Daryl Baldwin

Aya ceeki ‘greetings everyone'

We are excited to welcome all our students back here at Miami University for the fall semester and especially our 11 incoming first-year Myaamia Students. This brings our number of Tribe students up to 44 enrolled in the Myaamia Heritage Program this year. Our largest number to date. I am encouraged by the engagement of our tribe students and their willingness to support each other during their time here at Miami.

The Myaamia Center continues to grow in many ways. First, I want to welcome our newest staff member, Tribal citizen Stella Beerman. Stella has been engaged with Tribal programs all the way back to 2012 when she began participating in our Eewansaapita Summer Youth Experience. From there, Stella came to Miami and entered the Myaamia Heritage Program. During her time at Miami, she worked in the Myaamia Center, participated in a summer internship with the Miami Tribe’s Heritage Museum in Oklahoma, and for her senior project conducted an assessment of the Myaamia Center’s social media activities. Upon her graduation, Stella applied for our new Communications Specialist position. Her experience with Tribal programs and working with the Tribal community make her an excellent choice for further strengthening our communications and marketing efforts...

Continue Reading Daryl's Letter

Aacimotaatiiyankwi: A Myaamia Community Blog

A miniature ciinkwia minohsaya and bone tool. Photo by Doug Peconge.

As blog readers may recall, a group of artists, educators, and scholars have been discussing Myaamia and Peewaalia ‘Miami and Peoria’ painted hides held in a museum in Paris, France, and thinking about revitalizing the meaning and practice of this artistic form. In early August of 2022, a group got together in Miami, Oklahoma. The goal? Practice painting deerskin hides, and continue brainstorming what it might mean for our understanding of the past and present.

Myaamia Education Office Updates

Early this month we helped organize the 21st Aatotantaawi! ‘Let’s Talk About It!’ event for Miami Tribe citizens. The Aatotantaawi! program was created during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic and continues to serve the Myaamia diaspora by bringing the community together to discuss books, movies, TV shows, or other general topics that are of interest to the Myaamia community. September’s discussion was the book Mankiller: A Chief and Her People, the autobiography of Cherokee Nation’s late Chief Wilma Mankiller. October’s Aatotantaawi! event will be a general discussion about Myaamia games. If you’re a Miami Tribe citizen or relative, you can join Aatotantaawi! by searching the group on Facebook or emailing eemamwiciki@gmail.com.

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keetwi iišileniciki neepwaaminciki? What are Myaamia Students up to?

Myaamia Heritage Program students at the first Heritage Class of the semester.

Myaamia students at the first Heritage Class of the semester.

Our Myaamia Heritage Program participants are now settled in and have started classes for the new academic year.

The incoming first-year students arrived on campus early to participate in the pre-semester program where they got to play Myaamia games, work on an art project, and get tours of campus from returning program students.

The next week, our classroom was packed with 44 students as they all convened for the first Heritage class of the year. This year the students will be learning about Myaamia Language and Culture while the senior students work on a capstone project.

A few weeks ago, the students assembled in the evening for a retreat filled with icebreaker activities, Myaamia language learning, games, and presentations from students that most recently studied abroad. Students also discussed their many ideas for opportunities for program activities later on this year to get together and explore their culture as a group. These future activities will be thanks to our generous donors who helped us in raising nearly $5,000 during the annual Move-In Miami fundraiser.

This year is just getting started, but we are all excited to see where it goes from here. For a further look at the beginning of students’ year click below.

Upcoming Events & Opportunities

Celebrating Miami 2022: A 50th Anniversary Celebration

We've been working hard with departments across campus to plan a fun-filled week of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the relationship between the Miami Tribe and Miami University! We hope to see you at some of our upcoming events:

Monday, November 7th:

Women’s Basketball Game – Time TBD, Millet Hall

Men’s Basketball Game – Time TBD, Millet Hall

Tuesday, November 8th:

Celebrating Miami Week Kick-off Event --Time TBD (morning), Location TBD

Football Game -- Time TBD (evening), Yager Stadium

Wednesday, November 9th:

Myaamia Docuseries Release Party – 4:30 pm, Fritz Pavilion Armstrong Student Center

Thursday, November 10th:

Miami University Art Museum Student Response Exhibit Awards Ceremony – 5 pm, Miami University Art Museum

Lecture by Cameron Shiver, Myaamia Center Staff and Historian -- 7 pm, Heritage Room Shriver Center

Friday, November 11th:

Women’s Basketball Game – Time TBD, Millett Hall

Hockey Game – 7:05 pm, Goggin Ice Center

Saturday, 11/12:

Hockey Game – 7:05 pm, Goggin Ice Center

Men’s Basketball Game – Time TBD, Millett Hall

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