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07/28/2020
Kara Strass on Miami changing mascot name
WCPO.com, July 13
07/27/2020
Miami U Dropped Its Race-Based Mascot 20 Years Ago, Sees Benefits Today
More than two decades before this month's announcements from a Cincinnati-area high school and the Washington D.C. NFL team, Miami University's Board of Trustees voted to drop a controversial, race-based nickname and mascot. (TANA WEINGARTNER, WVXU, July 27, 2020)
07/16/2020
Myaamia culture and imagery to be part of the K-12 "Ohio as America" curriculum
The Myaamia Center, some Miami University art education students and the Talawanda School District have collaborated the past three years on curriculum to help fourth graders learn about Myaamia culture and imagery. Starting this fall, the two Myaamia culture and imagery lessons will become part of the K-12 Ohio as America curriculum.
07/16/2020
Myaamia culture and imagery to be part of the K-12 Ohio as America curriculum
Thousands of fourth graders will learn from the curriculum this fall. (Margo Kissell, Miami University News and Communications" July 16, 2020)
07/14/2020
Miami University was decades ahead in dropping Redskins nickname
Miami University came to the decision 24 years before Washington's NFL team did on Monday. ("WCPO Cincinnati" July 13, 2020)
05/29/2020
George Ironstrack on the kinship of the Myaamia tribe
Kokomo Perspective.com, May 28
02/17/2020
Native-American work on display at Miami Art Museum: What to know
A show of ribbon art from the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma is available in Oxford. ("Journal-News," February 15, 2020)
01/30/2020
Latest award spotlights unique relationship between the two Miamis
Myaamia Center staff traveled to Miami, Oklahoma, recently to take part in the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma's Winter Gathering activities. Here tribal citizens participate in the stomp dance.The 6-year graduation rate for Miami tribe students is 89.4 percent, compared to the national average of 41 percent for Native Americans in 2017.
01/21/2020
3 new exhibitions coming to Miami’s art museum and sculpture park
The gorgeous, intricate and historic ribbonwork of the Miami people is getting a special show in Oxford very soon. ("Journal-News", January 20, 2020)
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