Giving a relative a Myaamia name is one important way in which individuals are woven into the web of family that binds us together as a community. Today, names are often given to adults as well as older children, but in earlier times names were often given shortly after birth. In the winter of 1824-25,…
Author: George Ironstrack
George Ironstrack has participated in Miami language renewal projects as both a student and a teacher for the past twelve years.
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.
5 paapsaahka niipinwiki (2020)
noonki kaahkiihkwe ceeliteeki (79℉) peetilaanki ahsenisiipionki. noonki peehkonteeki naawi napale waawiyiisita (keešaakosita). taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati paapsaahka niipinwiki? tookinanto oowaaha -> paapsaahka niipinwiki neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
28 wiihkoowia kiilhswa (2020)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi ceeliteeki (63℉) peetilaanki ahsenisiipionki. noonki peehkonteeki mayaawi myaalisiwa wiihkoowia kiilhswa (peemineeta). kapootwe kati neepiki wiihkoowia kiilhswa. taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati wiihkoowia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> wiihkoowia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
weehki-kaloosioni: neehseehpineenki ‘New Word: Breathing Illness (COVID)’
COVID-19 has affected all aspects of our lives as Myaamia people and our language learners wanted to be able to talk about the disease in Myaamiaataweenki. Our colleagues David Costa and Daryl Baldwin worked together to coin a new term: neehseehpineenki ‘breathing illness.’ If a speaker wants to be specific they can say “COVID neehseehpineenki.”…
15 wiihkoowia kiilhswa (2020)
noonki kaahkiihkwe tikawi neepanki (49℉) šeepilaanki ahsenisiipionki. noonki peehkonteeki waawiyiisita wiihkoowia kiilhswa (peemineeta). ansiwaatooko miincipi! taaniši kiišikahki niiyaaha apiyani? neemani-nko kati wiihkoowia kiilhswa? tookinanto oowaaha -> wiihkoowia kiilhswa neemani-nko kati aakalaahšimaataweenki? toohkinanto mihtahkiši. (For English, click below)
