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 ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ at December commencement.
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ hosts a “Day of Remembrance” event to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the removal of Myaamia people from their homelands.
100th Myaamia student graduates from ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ.
May 13 – Daryl Baldwin, Director of the Myaamia Center, gives the keynote commencement address and receives an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ at commencement.
October 21 – ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ President Gregory Crawford and ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe Chief Douglas Lankford sign a new Memorandum of Agreement, launching the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Heritage Logo and Collection.
Removal of unlicensed Redskins products sold at retail outlets.
The Myaamia Project transitioned into the .
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ and the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe sign a , officially recognizing the Myaamia Project and lists details connected to its funding, operations, and intellectual property.
The ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Art Museum hosts a semester-long exhibit about the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe.
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ and the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe sign a to continue to engage in future educational initiatives together.
Chief Floyd Leonard receives an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ at May commencement.
The first Myaamiaki Conference on ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe Scholarship is held.
Myaamia Heritage classes begin for enrolled .
1900
Out of respect for the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe's request, ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ changes its mascot name from Redskins to RedHawks.
The ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe sends a resolution to ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ that states: “the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ 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 ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe members became the first ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe students to enroll at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ.
Since then, many Myaamia students have chosen to receive their college education at the University bearing their Tribe's name. Over the years, the number of enrolled Myaamia students 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 ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, 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 ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ. Together a plan was established to increase education for ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ students and to provide opportunities for Myaamia students to attend ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ.
Eventually, Dr. Myrtis Powell (¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Vice President for Student Affairs, 1989-2002) helped establish the first parameters for the financial assistance available to eligible ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ 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 ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ 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 ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ and became the first recipient of the American Heritage Scholarship. By the late 1980s, additional eligible students were receiving $1,000 awards, but no record is available of exactly who those students were or what, if any, tribal affiliation they had.
Fundraising efforts for a scholarship for Myaamia students began early in the relationship between the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe of Oklahoma (MTO) and ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ. 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 students and, if possible, award the scholarship to a ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Indian.
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe Chief Forest Olds visits ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ unexpectedly, forging the first connection. ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ 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.
¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ is founded.
Ohio becomes the 17th state in the union.
1700
Several tribes, including the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ, sign the Treaty of Greenville. This cedes much of what becomes Southwest Ohio to the U.S. government and opens the area to settlement.
