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Myaamia students to participate at Smithsonian Folklife Festival in nation’s capital July 2-7

The students — all citizens of the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe of Oklahoma — will share their knowledge in four cultural areas: lacrosse, the myaamia language, ribbonwork, and gardening

Pimyotamah Hartleroad and Mia Hankenson celebrate her goal during lacrosse practice in Oxford (photos by Scott Kissell).
Pimyotamah Hartleroad and Mia Hankenson celebrate her goal during lacrosse practice in Oxford (photos by Scott Kissell).
Oxford and Beyond

Myaamia students to participate at Smithsonian Folklife Festival in nation’s capital July 2-7

Pimyotamah Hartleroad and Mia Hankenson celebrate her goal during lacrosse practice in Oxford (photos by Scott Kissell).

The ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe of Oklahoma is one of four tribes invited to take part in this year’s on the National Mall July 2-7 in Washington, D.C.

The festival honors contemporary living cultural traditions and celebrates those who practice and sustain them.

Seven ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ students or recent graduates — all citizens of the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe — will share their knowledge in four cultural areas: lacrosse, the myaamia language, ribbonwork, and gardening.

Staff from the Myaamia Center (the Tribe’s research and educational development arm based at ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ) with expertise in those areas also will be going to D.C. The students will assist them and run some of the programming.

Kara Strass, director of ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ Tribe Relations, called it a wonderful opportunity for the ¾Ã¾ÃË®ÃÛÌÒ students to have this experience at this point in their learning.

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