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05/16/2019
Miami engineering and computing students collaborate with Myaamia Center to develop digital archives
Miami University engineering and computing students have been helping the Myaamia Center develop digital archives that allow analysis of extensive language documents as well the recording of land ownership and plants important to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.
05/14/2019
Miami's Myaamia Center awarded NEH grant for 'aacimwahkionkonci: Stories from the Land' project
Funding supports a web-based Geographic Information System (GIS) and historical educational resource that allows users to examine and interpret historical records, documenting how land left Miami Tribe ownership through the 19th and 20th centuries.
04/22/2019
National Breath of Life to launch one-of-a-kind software to enable linguistic analysis for language revitalization
National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages announces the new Indigenous Languages Digital Archive (ILDA), the only available software that allows for the organization, storage and retrieval of digital copies of linguistic archival materials for language revitalization.
04/11/2019
Daryl Baldwin on the revitalization of the Myaamia language
New York Times.com, April 7 (subscription may be required)
04/08/2019
History Professor is Lead Researcher on NEH-funded project on history of Miami Tribe
Dr. Cameron Shriver, visiting assistant professor of Native American History in the Department of History, is the lead researcher on the project Aacimwahkionkonci? ‘Land of Stories’, which recently received a research grant in the amount of $180,450 from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The principal investigator is Daryl Baldwin, director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University.
03/19/2019
Educator of the Year Helps Students with Disabilities Gain Unmatched Experiences
Evan Theobald, Special Education teacher and alum as well as member of the Miami Tribe, was named Educator of the Year by the Jackson, Missouri Chamber of Commerce
01/24/2019
Student Perspective: Myaamia Culture and Imagery Seminar and Curriculum Workshop
Myaamia Culture and Imagery Seminar and Curriculum Workshop attendeesStudent Perspective: Myaamia Culture and Imagery Seminar and Curriculum Workshop.
11/09/2018
Daryl Baldwin, George Ironstrack and Doug Lankford on preserving Myaamia culture
Journal-News.com, Nov. 3 (subscription may be required)