Join our hosts for a chat with Oonsaalamoona 'Megan Sekulich', a Myaamia artist of many talents, to learn about her experiences as a student, an artist, and a Myaamia person. She discusses her evolution as an artist both personally and as part of her work at the Myaamia Center.

Show Notes: https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/neepwaantiinki-podcast-season-4-show-notes/

ahsapa 'Jared Nally' is a weaver in the Myaamia Community. In this episode he joins Kara, Tina, and George to discuss his weaving as well as his experiences as an aanchtaakia 'Change Maker' Graduate Fellow at Miami University, where he studied environmental science and its intersection with Myaamia weaving practices.

Show Notes: https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/neepwaantiinki-podcast-season-4-show-notes/

In the second half of our discussion about minohsayaki 'painted hides', the hosts are joined by Nate Poyfair (Second Councilperson and Cultural Resources Office Project Manager, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma) and Meghan Dorey (Manager of the Myaamia Heritage Museum and Archive). Nate and Meghan share their experiences with the Reclaiming Stories Learning Labs, where participants were able to learn about each step of the process used to produce a painted hide: hunting, hide tanning, harvesting and making pigments, and finally painting the hide.

Show Notes: https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/neepwaantiinki-podcast-season-4-show-notes/

In 2023, 2024 and 2025, representatives of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, along with citizens of other tribal nations, were afforded the opportunity to visit with minohsayki 'painted hides' in Paris, France. In this first episode on the revitalization of hide painting our hosts chat with Dr. Elizabeth Ellis, (citizen of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma) and Logan York (Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma ) about their experiences visiting the robes.

Show Notes: https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/neepwaantiinki-podcast-season-4-show-notes/

form in the Myaamia community since the introduction of silk ribbons through trade. In this episode our hosts, along with special guests Scott Shoemaker and Meghan Dorey, explore that history and how the revitalization of ribbonwork has become a model for the revitalization of other artforms in the Myaamia community.

Show Notes: https://aacimotaatiiyankwi.org/neepwaantiinki-podcast-season-4-show-notes/

For this episode, Tina and Myaamia student Kaleb McMullen sat down to talk with Myaamia community members as they attended the Myaamiaki Conference. The 2024 Myaamiaki Conference was the 10th Biennial Conference, held on Miami University's Oxford campus.

From January 30 to June 8, 2024, the Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum at Miami University is hosting the "Minohsayaki ‘Painted Robes’: A Peewaalia and Myaamia Story of Reclamation". This exhibition tells of the effort to reclaim the practice of hide painting within the Peewaaliaki and Myaamiaki communities and reconnect those practices with the stories that are essential to who they are as a people. Our hosts provide a brief rundown of the exhibit and some of the things you can expect to find when visiting!

This episode was recorded live on-site at the Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum at Miami University.  Visit the official exhibition website to learn more.

After every Spring Commencement at Miami University, the Myaamia Center hosts a special gathering for Myaamia graduates and their families to celebrate their graduation from the Myaamia Heritage Award program and the other successes of the academic year. This short describes a little of what this experience is like.

In this Neepwaantiinki Short, the hosts discuss what it's like when Myaamia students from all across the country move to Oxford, OH, to begin their studies at Miami University.

This season we’re doing something a little different. Get a preview of our season of “Neepwaantiinki Shorts”.