ciinkwia awiiwahi neehineeciki neehi-hsa ciinkwia noontaakweeci ‘The spring peepers have been singing and thunder has sounded.’ It’s happened at different times over the last three weeks, but we can say with certainty that following the first thunderstorm of the year, peepoonki ‘winter’ has come to an end and neepinwiki ‘summer’ has begun. For many Myaamiaki…
Author: George Ironstrack
George Ironstrack has participated in Miami language renewal projects as both a student and a teacher since the late 1990s.
In July 2008, George joined the Myaamia Center as Assistant Director and Education Coordinator.
George is a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and has assisted in the organization and administration of the Tribe’s Eewansaapita Summer Educational Experience since its inception in 2005. George received an M.A. in Origins and History of the United States from the Department of History at Miami University. His graduate work centered on the Miami Indian village of Pickawillany, which was located in western Ohio near the city of Piqua.
waawaahsinaakwahki ‘It Shimmers’
peepankišaapiikahkia eehkwaatamenki ‘Myaamia ribbonwork’ is an artform in which an artist layers, cuts, folds, and sews ribbons onto textiles to create intricate geometric patterns. The artform reached an initial peak of beauty and complexity in the mid-1800s, but by the early 1900s the practice of ribbonwork was in steep decline. In the 1990s, Myaamia people…
Eehsenaamišipoohkiiyankwi (Meeloohkamiki 2021) ‘Maple Sugaring (Spring 2021)’
Last week, the frogs began singing loudly and a thunderstorm brought about the end of peepoonki ‘winter’ and the beginning of neepinwiki ‘summer.’ In addition to putting away Aalhsoohkaana ‘Winter Stories’ we also closed out the 2021 Maple sugaring season. This year was a shortened season due to the unseasonably warm weather that we had…
2 aanteekwa kiilhswa (2021)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi ceeliteeki (53℉) aalahkwahki ahsenisiipionki. noonki šaayiipaawe peehki eewanki. noonki peehkonteeki kiinte saakiwa aanteekwa kiilhswa (keešaakosita). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati aanteekwa kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> aanteekwa kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
15 mahkoonsa kiilhswa (2021)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi ceeliteeki (51℉) aahsanteeki ahsenisiipionki. neenkisita manetwa. neepiwiki ahsenaamiša eehsenaamišipoohkiiyankwi. noonki peehkonteeki waawiyiisita mahkoonsa kiilhswa (keešaakosita). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati mahkoonsa kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> mahkoonsa kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
1 mahkoonsa kiilhswa (2021)
noonki kaahkiihkwe neepanki (26℉) aalahkwahki ahsenisiipionki. eehkwa kooniki neehi waapanke kati aapooši manetwa piihsaaci. noonki peehkonteeki saakiwa mahkoonsa kiilhswa (keešaakosita). wiiyaakiteeheelo weehki-kihkatwe! taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati mahkoonsa kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> mahkoonsa kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
