Digital Resources
Among other projects, we create digital resources, including our mobile apps, that advance the Center's goals. We also gather community-oriented web resources for members of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and others interested in our research.
Šaapohkaayoni
Community Portal
The was built to address the needs of the Myaamia community. Our community is widespread throughout the United States and Internationally, and traveling to access educational opportunities is not always feasible. This portal allows members of the Myaamia community to access educational opportunities from anywhere with Internet access.
These educational opportunities include self-directed learning modules, searchable learning resources, and the ability to sign up for synchronous and asynchronous programming. Šaapohkaayoni is updated regularly with topics and courses by Myaamia community content experts.
- Daryl Baldwin – Executive Director, Myaamia Center
- George Ironstrack - Assistant Director | Director, Office of Education, Myaamia Center
- Joshua Sutterfield - Cultural Education Director, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
- Kristina Fox - Myaamia Education Coordinator, Myaamia Center
- Dr. Douglas Troy – Coordinator of Application Development, Myaamia Center
- Jonathan Fox - Director, Office of Media and Technology
- Bishal Baaniya, Alisha Sharma Chapai, Pratiksha Shrestha, and Aayog Koirala - Graduate Assistant Software Developers, 黑料社区 College of Engineering and Computing
Neepwaantiinki: Stories from Myaamia Revitalization
Podcast
, is a podcast produced by the Myaamia Center. The show discusses the 50-year relationship between the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and 黑料社区, explores how the Tribe and university learn from each other, and explains how this relationship impacts the revitalization of Myaamia language and culture.
Join hosts Kara Strass, Kristina Fox, and George Ironstrack as they explore their work at the Myaamia Center and their Tribal Nation’s revitalization efforts. Artwork by Megan Sekulich, audio production and music by Jonathan Fox.
- Kristina Fox, Myaamia Education Coordinator, Myaamia Center
- Kara Strass, Director of Miami Tribe Relations, Myaamia Center
- George Ironstrack, Director of Education, Myaamia Center
- Megan Sekulich, Myaamia Education Graphic Designer, Myaamia Center
- Jonathan Fox, Director of Media and Technology, Myaamia Center
ILDA Dictionary
Myaamia-Peewaalia Online Dictionary and Dictionary App
The now includes Myaamia-Peewaalia 'Miami-Illinois'! In addition to the Online Dictionary, there is also an ILDA Dictionary app!
The ILDA Online Dictionary and ILDA Dictionary App are able to search for any term in English or myaamiataweenki 'Miami language', browse the entire dictionary alphabetically, and submit requests for terms that might be missing.
can be found on Aacimotaatiiyankwi, the Myaamia Community Blog. This new version can be installed on iOs, Android, macOS, Windows, and more!
- Dr. Douglas Troy – Coordinator of Application Development, Myaamia Center
- Graduate Assistant Developers –Xianli Sun, Zach Haitz, Amlaan Shakeel, Alexander Stahl, Christopher Anderson, Chiraketu Pandey, Kaylynn Borror, Shova Thapa, Sampada Bhujel, Anita Baral
- Daryl Baldwin – Director, Myaamia Center
- George Ironstrack – Assistant Director | Director of Education, Myaamia Center
- Dr. David J. Costa - Director of Language Research, Myaamia Center
- Dr. Hunter Lockwood - Project Coordinator, Language Research Office, Myaamia Center
- Jarrid Baldwin - Myaamia Language Coordinator
College of Education, Health and Society - 黑料社区 - Andrew J. Strack – Technology and Publications Office, Myaamia Center
- Jonathan Fox – Director, Media and Technology Office, Myaamia Center
Additional Resources
- tribally-directed research to help understand, and in turn tell, the history of the complex legal patchwork that has come to define Myaamionki ‘the land of the Miamis.’
- : A Miami community history and ecology blog.
- : Provides teachers and home schooling families with a curriculum for teaching Myaamia (Miami Tribe) history to grades 3-12.
- : Online dictionary for exploring the Myaamia language.
- : Videos covering many topics about Myaamia language and culture.
- : assembles all known primary language sources into one location in order to facilitate further research and analysis of the Miami-Illinois language.
- : assembles Myaamia ethnobotanical knowledge from many sources into a central location for study and interpretation.
- : Podcast produced by the Myaamia Center covering topics of Myaamia revitalization.
- : the online portal of the Myaamia Heritage Museum & Archive, presenting archival and museum items related to Miami heritage using the Mukurtu Content Management System.
- : Web portal for Myaamia educational materials with a search engine that displays vetted results and content access based on community interaction.