The gardens at the historic Drake House in myaamionki noošonke siipionki ‘Miami, OK,’ have provided food and an opportunity to experiment with and demonstrate various techniques for use in both small- and large-scale production. The Drake House property was added to the Tribal Registry of Historic Places in 2006 and has been home to many…
Category: Noošonke siipionki
The current soveriegn homelands of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma in and around Miami, Oklahoma.
2022 Eemamwiciki Summer Programs Recap
The 2022 Eemamwiciki Summer Programs mark our return to in-person programming! In June, we had 28 participants across our Saakaciweeta, Eewansaapita, Maayaahkweeta, and Neehsapita programs in Miami, Oklahoma. In July, we had 26 participants in Saakaciweeta and Eewansaapita in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The theme for this summer was Weekihkaanki Meehkintiinki ‘Games’. Saakaciweeta participants also explored…
Miami Tribe Annual Gathering 2022
The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma held its Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 25, in noošonke siipionki , ‘Miami, OK’. The meeting is held each year to hold Tribal elections and educate community members on what is currently going on within the Tribe. In recent years, National Gathering events have been somewhat hampered by travel…
Winter Gathering 2022
Winter Gathering is one of the major events each year that Myaamia citizens and friends of the community can come together in Noošonke Siipionki ‘Miami, OK’ to celebrate Myaamia culture and hear about important news and developments within the community. This year’s gathering was meant to be the beginning of a yearlong celebration of the…
wiihkoowia kiilhswa ‘Whip-poor-will Moon’
Wiihkoowia Kiilhswa is the fourth lunar month of the Myaamia lunar calendar. Like the other months named for birds, Wiihkoowia Kiilhswa is associated with the process of transition from peepoonki ‘winter’ into neepinwiki ‘summer.’ The month is named for wiihkoowia (Eastern Whip-poor-will – Antrostomus vociferus). Around this time of year, Whip-poor-wills return from their winter…
mahkoonsa kiilhswa ‘Young Black Bear Moon’
Mahkoonsa Kiilhswa ‘Young Black Bear Moon’ is one of two lunar months named for the American black bear (Ursus americanus). To the best of our knowledge, this month is associated with the fact that it is around this month that American black bear cubs begin to emerge from their dens. The start of this lunar month…
Mihšiiwia Kiilhswa (Elk Moon)
Mihšiiwia Kiilhswa (Elk Moon) is named for the Eastern American Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis). The Eastern Elk subspecies was hunted out in the state of Indiana by the 1840s and declared extinct in North America in 1880. To the best of our knowledge, this month is associated with the fact that the Eastern Elk used…
cecaahkwa kiilhswa (Sandhill Crane Moon)
cecaahkwa kiilhswa is the third lunar month of the Myaamia lunar calendar. Like the other months named for birds, cecaahkwa kiilhswa is associated with the process of transition from pipoonwi (winter) into niipinwi (summer). The month is named for cecaahkwa (Sandhill Crane – grus canadensis). Around this time of year, Sandhill Cranes return from their…
cecaahkwa kiilhswa (Sandhill Crane Moon)
cecaahkwa kiilhswa is the third lunar month of the Myaamia lunar calendar. Like the other months named for birds, cecaahkwa kiilhswa is associated with the process of transition from pipoonwi (winter) into niipinwi (summer). The month is named for cecaahkwa (Sandhill Crane – grus canadensis). Around this time of year, Sandhill Cranes return from their…
Mihšiiwia Kiilhswa (Elk Moon)
Mihšiiwia Kiilhswa (Elk Moon) is named for the Eastern American Elk (Cervus canadensis canadensis). In the 1400s, it is estimated that the Eastern Elk had the greatest range of any hoofed species in North America. But this dispersed and large population diminished quickly in the years following European settlement. By the 1840s, no Eastern Elk subspecies…
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