"This ground beneath our feet is home, a place where countless generations of our ancestors left footprints as they lived their lives until a fateful period in the history of this country," Chief Lankford said. "And though Myaamia people had lived in this vast homeland region since time immemorial, the stroke of (President Andrew Jacksons) pen permanently altered our destiny."
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded a $510,000 grant to the Myaamia Center to support the National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages.
Miami Universitys Oxford campus is growing with the construction of two new academic buildings the first since the Farmer School of Business was built in 2009 and an indoor equestrian center. The renovation of the College@Elm building in partnership with the City of Oxford will revitalize an area along College Avenue and Elm Street uptown.
Miami University and the city of Oxford will receive $1.5 million in assistance from a JobsOhio Vibrant Community grant for a startup initiative that will create more than 50 Ohio jobs, bolster a distressed rural economy, and attract new businesses to Oxford.
President Biden has nominated Myaamia Center Executive Director Daryl Baldwin a leader in Native American language and cultural revitalization to the National Council on the Humanities, the White House announced Wednesday.
Miami will continue to own the OXD Airport, as well as the 300 acres on which it is located. CVG will manage and operate the facility, which will remain a general aviation airport that supports corporate flights, flight training and recreational flights. The term of the lease and operation agreement is for five years, renewable for five additional five-year terms.
"The pride I have as a Miami of Ohio alumnus is deep and I am genuinely grateful and touched to have the enduring honor," said Embry, A statue capturing his likeness and signature hook shot will become the first honoring an African American alumnus at Miami University.
The Miami University Regionals online bachelor's degree program placed 17th in the 2021 Best Online Bachelor's Degrees: Colleges with the Highest Return on Investment by Online U, a new ranking system for online degree programs.
A task force working to advance diversity, equity and inclusion at Miami University has proposed a broad slate of more than 40 recommendations. President Greg Crawford appointed the President's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Task Force in June and charged it with examining five pillars designed to build a more inclusive, diverse, inviting, safe and welcoming climate at Miami.
