Letter from the Executive Director, Daryl Baldwin

Daryl Baldwin, Executive Director of the Myaamia Center. Photo by Scott Kissell, Miami University.

aya ceeki neehi meentitohkaalilakakoki aapweeyiikwi ‘greetings everyone and welcome back’.

I hope you all had a great summer break and I would especially like to welcome our new Myaamia Heritage Students to campus for the fall semester. We are looking forward to getting to know you better and I am sure you will enjoy your time at Miami University. We have a lot planned for this next academic year in the Myaamia Heritage class, Celebrating Miami: Tribe and University Week with the athletics department, and enjoying what is left of the summer/fall weather with some outdoor activities. I encourage all our students to engage and support each other. Help our new students acclimate to campus, the Myaamia Center, and other Myaamia students.

I look forward to seeing you all again and welcome to another year of learning and sharing among relatives.

nipwaahkaalo ‘be well’,
Daryl

Support Myaamia Heritage Students

#MoveInMiami is tomorrow, August 22nd!

Donations to the Myaamia Student Support Fund help cover the costs of enriching experiences, like cultural workshops and traveling to Miami Tribe gatherings, and keep them affordable for students. Support our efforts to offer these unique opportunities by contributing to the fund!

(If you give $55 or more, you’ll receive an exclusive #MoveInMiami puzzle. Donors who make gifts of $110 or more will receive a puzzle and a special edition Toasted Roll scented candle.)

Learn More and Donate Here

Aacimotaatiiyankwi: A Myaamia Community Blog

Eemamwiciki Youth participants gather outside for a hike

Eemamwiciki youth participants prepare for a hike. Photo by Jonathan Fox, Myaamia Center.

We greatly enjoyed spending time with our relatives at the Eemamwiciki Summer Programs exploring songs and dances. There were a total of 116 participants across all of our programs this year! To learn more about what each of our programs accomplished, check out our recap post on Aacimotaatiiyankwi.

Read about the 2024 Summer Programs

Myaamia Education Office Updates

Aatotantaawi Ask an Artist w/ Megan Sekulich. September 5, 2024

As we wrap up the exciting work of summer programs, we’re looking forward to transitioning into the semester on Miami University’s campus, where our Myaamia students will be studying Myaamia ecological perspectives and history.

We’re also looking forward to restarting our Aatotantaawi ‘Let’s Talk About It’ discussion group. Our first Zoom discussion on September 5th at 7:30 PM (Eastern) will be with Myaamia artist Megan Sekulich. Additionally, we’ll begin the planning for next year’s Eemamwiciki education theme: Meehtohseeniwiki Ašiihkionki ‘Living on the Land.’ Look for more information soon on summer program locations and dates for 2025.

Weeciwiiyaakiteeheemilaani ‘Congratulations’ to our Office of Language Research

The Myaamia Center would like to recognize the Office of Language Research (OLR) for adding over 100,000 terms to the Miami Tribe's ILDA database. The OLR does the meticulous work of locating, transcribing, and analyzing archival language documents in order to add Myaamia language to our database where it is accessible to language programming staff and the Tribal community. Our work at the Myaamia Center would not be possible without these efforts!

keetwi iišileniciki neepwaaminciki? What are Myaamia Students up to?

Eemamwiciki youth participants with their counselors. Photo by Karen Baldwin, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

We’re excited to welcome our 45 Myaamia Heritage students back to campus! Yesterday, we had 14 first-year students—our largest incoming class ever—move to campus for the annual pre-semester program. Next week, we’ll kick off the academic year with our first class and annual student retreat.

Many students continue to engage with the Myaamia Center, even during their academic breaks. This summer, three students completed internships with the Myaamia Center or the Miami Tribe’s Cultural Resource Extension Office. Additionally, several served as counselors for the Eemamwiciki Summer Youth Programs in Oklahoma and/or Indiana.

Upcoming Events & Opportunities

Install the new ILDA dictionary mobile app

Save the Date! Celebrating MIami Week: November 11-17, 2024

Aatotantaawi Ask an Artist w/ Megan Sekulich. September 5, 2024. 7:30 pm EST on Zoom

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