In 2021, I wrote about the term kiiwahtekaataawi, meaning “let’s dance around something.” The term can be used generically for dancing around anything, but it’s also strongly connected to our stomp dance. As we approach some community stomp dances, like the Annual Meeting dance in June, I thought it would be helpful to review this…
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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…
wiiyaakiteeheelo tapaalintioni kiišikahki ‘Celebrating a Day of Love’
Tomorrow (2/14) many of us will celebrate tapaalintioni kiišikahki ‘a day of love.’ Regardless of how you celebrate, Valentine’s Day is a great opportunity to remind those around you how much you appreciate and care for them. Megan Sekulich, graphic designer at the Myaamia Center, with help from the Language Research office, has created Valentine’s…
nakaani-kaloosioni: awiinkomihsiikwi ‘Old Word: he/she is completely awake’
Written by Jarrid Baldwin & Hunter Lockwood aya ceeki! Like many of you, we spent the last weekend at the annual Winter Gathering. And also like many of you, we found ourselves exhausted after days of dancing and stories! So when ciinkwia (Jarrid) was trying to figure out a way to say someone (more specifically,…
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…
nakaani-kaloosioni: mihtohseenia ‘Old Word: Human, Person’
Have you ever wondered how we referred to ourselves in the past? Did we call ourselves ‘Myaamia’ as we do today? Or was there another term used? The word we are introducing in this blog post is mihtohseenia “human, person”. The word is made up of four pieces that give a literal translation of how…
Myaamiaataweenki in the Home – Community Language Course
The next Myaamiaataweenki community course is coming soon! Starting Tuesday, October 24th at 8-9 PM (EST) we will be getting back together for a new 6-week course. This time we will be exploring Myaamiaataweenki in the home. Our goal is to learn useful language associated with the things you find in the house and the…
New Language Requests
Have you ever been looking for a word in the dictionary and not able to find it? The dictionary has a specific section for these very requests! If you remember, we have some tips for using the Myaamia online dictionary. We recommend trying out different phrasing or synonyms for the word you’re trying to find…
nakaani-kaloosioni: meetaathsoopionki ‘Old Word: Washington D.C.’
Myaamia people have been visiting, and eventually living in, Meetaathsoopionki ‘Washington D.C.’ for as long as the city has existed. Built on the the homelands of eastern Algonquian speaking peoples, the city we know today as Meetaathsoopionki was officially named the capital of the United States in 1790. Construction began three years later and the…
nakaani-kaloosioni: alaakani ‘Old Word: dish’
Have you ever been eating with your Myaamia relatives and heard this: alaakani ayoolo! ‘Use a plate!’ That word, alaakani, we sometimes translate as ‘dish’ because just like that English word, alaakani in Myaamiaataweenki has a very broad meaning that covers all manner of plates, cups, and crockery! Now, usually we start these posts about…
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