
Representatives from both the Tribe and the university took part in an emotional commemoration of the partnership on Wednesday, Nov. 9, during the “The Two ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒs: 50th Anniversary Celebration” at Millett Hall.
Every two years, the Myaamia Center hosts a day-long Myaamiaki Conference at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ.
The Conference serves as a way to educate the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ and ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe communities about the research being completed at the .
University faculty, staff, and students attend the Conference, which also attracts ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe members from across the country. It is streamed online for those who cannot attend the conference in person.
Representatives from both the Tribe and the university took part in an emotional commemoration of the partnership on Wednesday, Nov. 9, during the “The Two ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒs: 50th Anniversary Celebration” at Millett Hall.
More than 400 ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe citizens and campus community members gathered on ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ’s Oxford campus on Oct. 11 for a Day of Reflection commemorating the 175th anniversary of the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe’s removal from their homelands.
The solemn program began in the Art Museum Sculpture Park, where ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe of Oklahoma Chief Douglas Lankford spoke about the effects of the removal, and the hurt and loss it caused.