Myaamia Collection
Contributors: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). Office of Cultural Preservation
Subjects: Miami University (Oxford, Ohio). -- Office of Cultural Preservation; Miami language (Ind. and Okla). -- Glossaries, vocabularies; Algonquian languages; Miami Indians; Miami Indians -- Social life and customs; Indians of North America -- Languages -- Revival
Description: The items of the Myaamia Collection may span the years of the Miami Tribes existence until the present time
Notes: Myaamia Collection

Myaamia Collection, housed in the The Walter Havighurst Special Collection, and the Miami University Art Museum

Gift of tribal members 2002

On November 14, 2002, the collection was established by Miami University and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma as a repository for the Miami Indian historial and cultural materials. The collection has a language component that will reflects the efforts of members of the tribe to revitalize the Miami Language.  The collection is under development.  It is anticipated that the collection will include tribal archives, historical documents, papers, cassette tapes, compact discs, photographs and other ephemera from tribal members.  This collection will be from a unique perspective the native voice

Text in English and Algonquian languages