Two weeks ago, the Myaamia community in the area around Kiihkayonki ‘Fort Wayne’ gathered at the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma’s new Cultural Resource Extension Office. We enjoyed lunch together followed by a presentation by the Miami Tribe’s Business Committee, which updated the community on what the tribe has accomplished over the past year. After the…
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.
6 kiiyolia kiilhswa (2022)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi neepanki (70℉) aahsanteeki ahsenisiipionki. peehkonteekinki naanoohkite neepanki noonki peehkonteeki napale waawiyiisita kiiyolia kiilhswa (keešaakosita). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati kiiyolia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> kiiyolia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
22 šaašaakayolia kiilhswa (2022)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi ceeliteeki (82℉) tikawi aalahkwahki ahsenisiipionki. noonki peehkonteeki kiinte napale neepiki (peemineeta). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati šaašaakayolia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> šaašaakayolia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
weehki kaloosioni: koohkoošhkinaahkwa ‘New Word: Armadillo’
Throughout our history Myaamia people have constantly encountered animals that were new to us and created words to talk about those animals. In the late 1800s, many Myaamia people lived around and worked within the circuses that wintered near Iihkipisiononki ‘Peru, Indiana’ and created new names or repurposed old names for the animals they found…
15 šaašaakayolia kiilhswa (2022)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi ceeliteeki (68℉) aalahkwahki ahsenisiipionki. noonki peehkonteeki kiinte waawiyiisita (peemineeta). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati šaašaakayolia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> šaašaakayolia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
9 šaašaakayolia kiilhswa (2022)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi ceeliteeki (77℉) aalahkwahki ahsenisiipionki. noonki peehkonteeki kiinte napale waawiyiisita (keešaakosita). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati šaašaakayolia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> šaašaakayolia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
1 šaašaakayolia kiilhswa (2022)
noonki kaahkiihkwe ceeliteeki (86℉) toopalanki tikawi aalahkwahki ahsenisiipionki. noonki peehkonteeki kiinte saakiwa šaašaakayolia kiilhswa (keešaakosita). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati šaašaakayolia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> šaašaakayolia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
23 mihšiiwia kiilhswa (2022)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi ceeliteeki (77℉) aalahkwahki ahsenisiipionki. noonki peehkonteeki kiinte napale neepiki (peemineeta). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati mihšiiwia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> mihšiiwia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
17 mihšiiwia kiilhswa (2022)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi ceeliteeki (80℉) aahsanteeki ahsenisiipionki. noonki peehkonteeki kiinte waawiyiisita (peemineeta). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati mihšiiwia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> mihšiiwia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
12 mihšiiwia kiilhswa (2022)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi ceeliteeki (80℉) aahsanteeki ahsenisiipionki. meemeekwa-hkwa kati piitilanwi neehi ciinkwia pyaaci. noonki peehkonteeki waawiyiisita mihšiiwia kiilhswa (keešaakosita). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati mihšiiwia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> mihšiiwia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
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