Teaching about other cultures can be a unique challenge for instructors in the classroom. Recognizing this gap in her curriculum, Stephanie Danker, a professor of Art Education at Miami University, hoped to fill some gaps in her class preparing preservice art educators to gain K-12 teaching licensures in Ohio. In 2017, she reached out to…
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Independent Study: Storytelling
Last semester at Miami University, I held an independent study for students interested in Myaamia storytelling. The goal of the course was for each student to tell Aalhsoohkaani ‘a Winter Story’ or aacimooni ‘a historical narrative’ to the Myaamia Heritage class at the end of the semester. Through the process of learning a story, they…
Aašitehkawaataawi ‘let’s meet’ Robbyn Abbitt
Robbyn Abbitt, the GIS Coordinator for Miami University and the Associate Director of the Dept. of Geography’s Geospatial Analysis Center, recently became an affiliate of the Myaamia Center. You may have seen her at this year’s Winter Gathering. Robbyn has aided Myaamia mapping for many years–perhaps her first interaction with Myaamia mapping was with Joshua…
Wrapping up the Fall Semester at Miami University
It’s hard to believe another Fall Semester has already finished at Miami University! As many of the Myaamia Heritage students have left campus for Winter Break, we want to reflect on what we accomplished this past semester. Reflecting on Fall ’23 In August, the Myaamia Center welcomed a cohort of 12 new students to the…
Tribal Leadership Visit Miami University for Celebrating Miami: Tribe and University Week
Earlier this month, November 6-11, 2023, the Myaamia Center and Miami University Athletics Department held the annual Celebrating Miami: Tribe and University Week. During the week, each athletic event highlights the relationship between the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Miami University, and each athletic team wears uniforms featuring the Myaamia Heritage Logo. Myaamia Heritage students…
Aašitehkawaataawi, ‘let’s meet’ Madison Bastress
Madison Bastress is a Ph.D. candidate in history at New York University, studying at the Myaamia Center as a visiting scholar this semester. Madison studies late-seventeenth and eighteenth-century histories of the Ohio River Valley, with a focus on place-specific ecological relations and changes over time. Myaamia language, culture, and history are one portion of the…
neepwaaminciki maaciihkaahtoowaaci: Myaamia Heritage students kick off the school year at Miami University
As we head into mid-September, the weather has felt like summer here in Oxford, Ohio, but regardless, the fall semester is in full swing at Miami University. We welcomed Myaamia Heritage students back to campus with our first Myaamia Heritage class and annual student retreat during the first week of classes. While this time of…
Myaamia Center Pilots Indigenizing the Curriculum Community of Learning
Written by Dr. Sandra Garner and Andrew Sawyer, Myaamia Center Outreach Team In May, 2023 faculty from Miami University’s College of Education, Health, and Society (EHS) presented course modules to staff from the Myaamia Center that they developed during their participation in a year-long pilot program, Indigenizing the Curriculum. The workshop and projects exceeded the…
Myaamia Heritage Program – 2022/23 School Year Wrap Up
It’s a bit quieter at Miami University and Oxford this week, as most of Miami University’s students have left campus for summer break. As the staff here at the Myaamia Center transition into neepinwiki ‘summer’ and prepare for summer programs, we wanted to reflect on this past academic year. This past weekend, on May 13,…
Wrapping up the 50th Anniversary Part 2
Wrapping up the 50th Anniversary Part 2 Throughout 2022, the Miami Tribe celebrated the 50th anniversary of our community’s relationship with Miami University here in Oxford, Ohio. As we move into 2023, we wanted to reflect on the events, activities, and materials produced over the course of the year. If you haven’t read part one…
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