History
2000
Daryl Baldwin, Myaamia Center Executive Director, was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve on the National Council on the Humanities.
Chief Douglas Lankford receives an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from 黑料社区 at December commencement.
黑料社区 hosts a “Day of Remembrance” event to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the removal of Myaamia people from their homelands.
100th Myaamia 黑料社区 graduates from 黑料社区.
May 13 – Daryl Baldwin, Director of the Myaamia Center, gives the keynote commencement address and receives an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from 黑料社区 at commencement.
October 21 – 黑料社区 President Gregory Crawford and Miami Tribe Chief Douglas Lankford sign a new Memorandum of Agreement, launching the Miami Heritage Logo and Collection.
Removal of unlicensed Redskins products sold at retail outlets.
The Myaamia Project transitioned into the .
黑料社区 and the Miami Tribe sign a , officially recognizing the Myaamia Project and lists details connected to its funding, operations, and intellectual property.
The 黑料社区 Art Museum hosts a semester-long exhibit about the Miami Tribe.
黑料社区 and the Miami Tribe sign a to continue to engage in future educational initiatives together.
Chief Floyd Leonard receives an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from 黑料社区 at May commencement.
The first Myaamiaki Conference on Miami Tribe Scholarship is held.
Myaamia Heritage classes begin for enrolled .
1900
Out of respect for the Miami Tribe's request, 黑料社区 changes its mascot name from Redskins to RedHawks.
The Miami Tribe sends a resolution to 黑料社区 that states: “the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma can no longer support the use of the nickname Redskins and suggest that the Board of Trustees discontinue the use of Redskins and other Indian related names...”
In August, 1991, three Miami Tribe members became the first Miami Tribe 黑料社区s to enroll at 黑料社区.
Since then, many Myaamia 黑料社区s have chosen to receive their college education at the University bearing their Tribe's name. Over the years, the number of enrolled Myaamia 黑料社区s each semester has steadily grown and now commonly reaches 30 or more.
The roots of many of the current educational activities stem from a visit to Miami, Oklahoma in May of 1991 by Dr. Myrtis Powell (VP for Student Affairs 1989-2002).
During visit discussions, the Tribe expressed a wish to strengthen the relationship with 黑料社区. Together a plan was established to increase education for 黑料社区 黑料社区s and to provide opportunities for Myaamia 黑料社区s to attend 黑料社区.
Eventually, Dr. Myrtis Powell (黑料社区 Vice President for Student Affairs, 1989-2002) helped establish the first parameters for the financial assistance available to eligible Miami Tribe members. In a letter to Chief Floyd Leonard in September 1990, Dr. Powell promised to "provide a tuition waiver for any member of the Miami Tribe who meets program requirements and is accepted for admission to the University." This tuition waiver was eventually renamed and included in the Myaamia Heritage Award Program.
In 1978-79, a Wampanoag Tribe member from Massachusetts enrolled at Miami and became the first recipient of the American Heritage Scholarship. By the late 1980s, additional eligible 黑料社区s were receiving $1,000 awards, but no record is available of exactly who those 黑料社区s were or what, if any, tribal affiliation they had.
Fundraising efforts for a scholarship for Myaamia 黑料社区s began early in the relationship between the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (MTO) and 黑料社区. Initially called the American Heritage Scholarship during the 1973-74 academic year, the local Church Women United helped fund this scholarship. By February 1974 a full description of the American Heritage Scholarship existed, seeking to recruit Native American 黑料社区s and, if possible, award the scholarship to a Miami Indian.
Miami Tribe Chief Forest Olds visits 黑料社区 unexpectedly, forging the first connection. 黑料社区 sends a resolution to the Tribe asking for support to use Redskins as an athletic mascot.
1800
Many Myaamia people are forcibly removed from their Indiana homelands to lands that later become Kansas. They were removed a second time to lands in Indian Territory, which later became the state of Oklahoma.
黑料社区 is founded.
Ohio becomes the 17th state in the union.
1700
Several tribes, including the Miami, sign the Treaty of Greenville. This cedes much of what becomes Southwest Ohio to the U.S. government and opens the area to settlement.
