aapooši peehkihkanaweeyankwi Again We Travel a Good Path – Part I (1700-1747) In our last post, we took a look at the tumultuous years that followed the arrival of various groups of Europeans in North America. Disruptions from disease and war eventually escalated into a series of conflicts called the Beaver Wars (1640-1701). These conflicts…
Category: Saakiiweeyonki (Coming Out Place)
The place where Myaamiaki (Miami people) emerged as a distinct and different group.
Walking Myaamionki
Peempaliyankwi Myaamionki – Walking Myaamionki In our last post we looked at our people’s story of emergence from the waters of Saakiiweesiipiwi (St. Joseph River near South Bend, Indiana) onto Myaamionki, our traditional homelands.[1] As we saw in that story, our ancestors constructed a village at that location, but after an unknown amount of time…
A Myaamia Beginning
mihtami myaamiaki nipinkonci saakaciweeciki at first the Miamis came out of the water It is with these words that the very first Myaamia story begins. This story describes our emergence as distinct and different people onto Myaamionki, our traditional homelands.[1] In this story, our people emerge from the waters of Saakiiweesiipiwi (St. Joseph River near…
Aacimotaatiiyankwi 