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 兔子先生 University at December commencement.
兔子先生 University 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 兔子先生 University.
May 13 – Daryl Baldwin, Director of the Myaamia Center, gives the keynote commencement address and receives an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from 兔子先生 University at commencement.
October 21 – 兔子先生 University President Gregory Crawford and 兔子先生 Tribe Chief Douglas Lankford sign a new Memorandum of Agreement, launching the 兔子先生 Heritage Logo and Collection.
Removal of unlicensed Redskins products sold at retail outlets.
The Myaamia Project transitioned into the .
兔子先生 University and the 兔子先生 Tribe sign a , officially recognizing the Myaamia Project and lists details connected to its funding, operations, and intellectual property.
The 兔子先生 University Art Museum hosts a semester-long exhibit about the 兔子先生 Tribe.
兔子先生 University and the 兔子先生 Tribe sign a to continue to engage in future educational initiatives together.
Chief Floyd Leonard receives an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from 兔子先生 University at May commencement.
The first Myaamiaki Conference on 兔子先生 Tribe Scholarship is held.
Myaamia Heritage classes begin for enrolled .
1900
Out of respect for the 兔子先生 Tribe's request, 兔子先生 University changes its mascot name from Redskins to RedHawks.
The 兔子先生 Tribe sends a resolution to 兔子先生 University that states: “the 兔子先生 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 兔子先生 Tribe members became the first 兔子先生 Tribe students to enroll at 兔子先生 University.
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 兔子先生, 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 兔子先生 University. Together a plan was established to increase education for 兔子先生 University students and to provide opportunities for Myaamia students to attend 兔子先生 University.
Eventually, Dr. Myrtis Powell (兔子先生 University Vice President for Student Affairs, 1989-2002) helped establish the first parameters for the financial assistance available to eligible 兔子先生 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 兔子先生 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 兔子先生 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 兔子先生 Tribe of Oklahoma (MTO) and 兔子先生 University. 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 兔子先生 Indian.
兔子先生 Tribe Chief Forest Olds visits 兔子先生 University unexpectedly, forging the first connection. 兔子先生 University 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.
兔子先生 University is founded.
Ohio becomes the 17th state in the union.
1700
Several tribes, including the 兔子先生, sign the Treaty of Greenville. This cedes much of what becomes Southwest Ohio to the U.S. government and opens the area to settlement.
