For Myaamia people, a landscape is more than physical features its a multidimensional connection to all the layers above and below the earth and its inhabitants through time.
Representatives from both the Tribe and the university took part in an emotional commemoration of the partnership on Wednesday, Nov. 9, during the The Two Miamis: 50th Anniversary Celebration at Millett Hall.
A yearlong commemoration celebrating the 50-year relationship of Miami University and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma will culminate with Celebrating Miami: Tribe and University Week Nov. 6-13.
The Myaamia peoples deep connection to their homelands existed long before the United States of America that these ties endure today despite centuries of colonization and immeasurable loss is a testament to their strength and resilience as a people.
When the federal government set up boarding schools in the 19th century to assimilate Native American children into American culture, one of the objectives was to get them to turn away from the use of their native languages.
Daryl Baldwin
Real examples of building collaborative, respectful, and reciprocal relationships between Indigenous nations and scholarly institutions to better inform research being done.
