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Bonham House

The Myaamia Center is located in the Bonham House on ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ's Oxford campus. The Center, a ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe of Oklahoma initiative located within an academic setting, serves the needs of the Myaamia people, ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, and partner communities through research, education, and outreach that promote Myaamia language, culture, knowledge, and values.

Richard and Emily Smucker Wiikiaami Room

The Wiikiaami Room is a gathering space located within the Armstrong Student Center, on the 2nd floor, that educates visitors about the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe of Oklahoma.

The design for the room originated with a 2009 ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ architecture studio. It incorporates several elements of a wiikiaami, the Myaamia word for ‘home or lodge’, including the room’s round shape and an entrance from the East. The decorative wood inlay, created by Myaamia artist Jody Gamble, uses a Myaamia ribbonwork pattern. The inlay wood strips extend from the floor through the seating to mimic the poles that would traditionally make up the frame of a wiikiaami. The room’s display cases highlight Myaamia language, culture, and art and show multiple ways students engage with ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe activities.

Shade Family Room

The Shade Family Room is a celebration of ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ's history and traditions. Different themes are represented on each of the eight-wall columns around the room.

One column is devoted to the relationship between ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ and the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe of Oklahoma. Focusing on the phrase neepwaantiinki, or "learning from each other," several photos and accompanying text show leaders, students, and faculty who have played an integral part in the development of this relationship since it began in 1972.

Art Museum Sculpture Park

Artist Eugene Brown’s A Tribe Named ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, A Surveyor’s Stake, A Town Named Oxford, is a cast bronze sculpture located in the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Art Museum Sculpture Park. Installed in 2008, this sculpture aims to strengthen the relationship between ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ and the Myaamia Tribe, an indigenous population of the region. As explained in the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Sculpture Park Viewing Guide, the sculpture represents an intersection of ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ with the land it was built on, as well as a connector between the past, present and future. This initiative to revitalize the ties to ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ culture in 2008 is another branch in ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ’s ongoing initiative to more adequately honor its borrowed name.