The students in the Myaamia Heritage Program finished out their fall semester strong. This year in the Myaamia Heritage Course, students are learning about Myaamia ecological perspectives and history. We spent the majority of the year outside, exploring the ideas of how to view our environment through a Myaamia lens. This included tree walks on…
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Top 5 Aacimotaatiiyankwi Posts of 2021
Over the course of 2021, our Aacimotaatiiyankwi authors and contributors worked together to create and share a new blog post every week on a variety of topics. In addition to our regular team, we had the opportunity to work with Diane Hunter, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, to share her…
taaniši keešhtooyankwi myaamia kiilhswaakani ‘How we make the Myaamia Lunar Calendar’
As 2021 comes to a close, many of us will be looking forward to putting up our new Myaamia Lunar Calendars. You can learn more about Myaamia months and the ecological changes associated with them on our Ecology page. This post will give you a preview of the 2022 Lunar Calendar and provide a peek…
yaalanwi mateeni pipoonwe neepwaantiinki ‘Fifty Years of Learning from Each Other’
2022 is the 50th Anniversary of the relationship between the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University. Much has been accomplished in this time, and we want to make sure that both the Myaamia and Miami University communities take the time to acknowledge what we have built together. You can learn more about the history…
Miami Tribe’s 2021 Fall Gathering
This year’s Fall Gathering will be held over the course of two evenings via Zoom. We are looking forward to gathering our community together virtually! The full schedule of events is included below. Please note, an RSVP is required and the events are only open to Tribal Members and their families. Thursday, September 30 The…
maaciihkaahtootaawi! ‘Let’s get it started!’ A New School Year at Miami University
Over the past two weeks, we have welcomed our Myaamia students back to Miami University. They bring energy and enthusiasm to our work at the Myaamia Center and so we are always excited for the start of a new school year. This year we have 39 Myaamia Students who are a part of the Myaamia Heritage…
2021 National Breath of Life Module 2 Workshop
Several of our Myaamia Center staff just returned from the 2021 National Breath of Life Module 2 workshop that was held at the University of Oregon, August 9-13, 2021. In a previous post, I explained what National Breath of Life is, but here I want to talk about this year’s workshop and what was accomplished….
2021 Eemamwiciki Summer Program Wrap Up
Our second year of virtual Eemamwiciki Summer Programs has officially wrapped up. We missed being able to spend time learning together in person, but we are excited that 71 participants from across 15 states (and staff across 5 states) were able to join us virtually! This year we were able to host programs for ages…
Miincipahkinki ‘In the Cornfield’
Planting and caring for miincipi ‘corn’ is a generations old summertime activity for Myaamiaki. This is reflected in our lunar calendar system, which has one month named for a stage of the growth miincipi and strong ecological connections to three other months (see the image caption below for more details on miincipi’s connection to the…
Wilaalaansantaawi! Neepinwiki & Peepoonki ‘Let’s Color It! Summer & Winter’
This year, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma developed our first Wilaalaansantaawi! ‘Let’s Color It!’ coloring book. This week, we’ve got a sneak peek of the Neepinwiki & Peepoonki ‘Summer & Winter’ book, which is due to be mailed out this fall. For this first coloring book, our team decided to focus on seasons. From a…
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