Myaamia Center

That path of totality encompasses the ancestral homelands of several Native American nations, including the Myaamia, or Miami, and the three Shawnee nations. That has Myaamia researchers thinking about language, and historians recalling a story about a famous pair of Shawnee brothers.

Minohsayaki ‘Painted Robes' is a first-time collaboration between the Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum at Miami University and the Peoria Tribe of Oklahoma, along with the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.

Miami University and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma spent the last year commemorating the 50th anniversary of partnering to learn from each other. University students and staff traveled to the tribe's recent Winter Gathering in Oklahoma — a capstone to the yearlong celebration. WVXU's Tana Weingartner was invited along and brings back this look at what the partnership means to so many.

Growing up, Kathy Carter Young knew she was Myaamia (Miami), but says she didn't truly know what that meant. Then her son went to Miami University.

The two Miamis formed a partnership in 1972 that has grown and evolved, resulting in, among other things, a cultural revitalization. One outcome of that work has been finding and learning Myaamia stories that hadn't been told in many years.

More than a hundred Miami University students and staff are back in Oxford after traveling to Oklahoma for the Miami Tribe's annual Winter Gathering. While there, they learned about the partnership between the two Miamis, especially how it has led to language and culture revitalization.

A group of Miami University students, staff and faculty are in Miami, Okla. — headquarters of the Miami Tribe — to cap off a year-long commemoration of the two Miamis' partnership, referred to as 'neepwaantiinki,' the Myaamia word meaning "learning from each other."

Miami University and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma are hosting a week-long series of events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of neepwaantiinki, the Myaamia word meaning "learning from each other." The celebration is the cornerstone event to a year-long commemoration of the two Miamis' partnership.

Miami University is celebrating 50 years of partnership with the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma. Chief Doug Lankford is participating in the biennial Myaamiaki Conference as part of the year-long commemoration.

The two Miamis believe their relationship is symbiotic and one-of-a-kind. The Myaamia word neepwaantiinki means "learning from each other."