Video Courtesy of the Myaamia Center Youtube Channel.
"Telling our Story: The Living History of the Myaamia provides teachers and home schooling families with a curriculum for teaching Myaamia (Miami Tribe) history to grades 3-12. The curriculum includes primary sources, images, videos, and lesson plans, which are all linked to the relevant content standards for Ohio, Indiana, and Oklahoma."
Each Chapter Consists of the Following:
- An Introduction
- Readings
- Primary Sources and Artifacts
- Two Activities
- Additional Resources
- A Conclusion
Chapter 1: Walking Myaamionki (Emergence-1600)
- Recommended Grade Levels
- 3rd-4th
- Essential Questions
- Where did the Myaamia come from?
- Where did they live and what did they call their home?
- How did they express their culture and history?
- Readings
- Emergence Story, Where the Myaamia First Came From
- Fox Story
- Crawfish and Raccoon Story
- Story of Rabbit and Bear
- Activities 1: Settling Myaamionki
- Writing Your Own Emergence Story
- Mapping Myaamionki
- Myaamia Flash Card Game
- Activities 2: The Cycle of Seasons
- Story Telling
- Myaamia Games
- Additional Resources
Chapter 2: Newcomers, Disruption, and Change (1600-1701)
- Recommended Grade Levels
- 3rd-4th
- Essential Questions
- How do people in different cultures cooperate, collaborate, or experience conflict?
- How does trade influence cultures?
- What are some good research strategies?
- Readings
- The Myaamia First Encounter with the French
- History of Trade and the Beaver Wars
- Activities 3: The Fur Trade Wars 1640-1700
- Push and Pull Factors
- Illustrating Interaction
- Trade and Interaction, Conflict and Collaboration
- Activities 4: The Great Peace of Montreal 1701
- Negotiating Peace
- Fact Finders
- Additional Resources
Chapter 3: Increased Trade and War (1701-1795)
- Recommended Grade Levels
- 3rd-4th
- Essential Questions
- How did the Myaamia interact with other cultures and the environment?
- How did the Myaamia build their communities?
- How do we support sustainable living in our communities?
- Readings
- Aanikopia and the Flag
- How Did the Myaamia Design Their Villages?
- The Burning of Pinkwaawilenioki
- Activities 5: The Rise of Kiihkayonki
- Design a 1700s Myaamia Village
- Village Leadership
- Portage and Trade
- Activities 6: The Rise and Fall of Pinkwaawilenioki
- Sustainability
- Rise and Fall of Pinkwaawilenioki
- Additional Resources
Chapter 4: Treaties, Land Loss, and Economic Change
- Recommended Grade Levels
- 3rd-8th
- Essential Questions
- What is chronological thinking?
- What is a treaty?
- How did treaties affect American Indian life?
- Readings
- The Story of Šiipaakana
- Activities 7: The Treaty of Greenville 1795
- Let's Make a Treaty
- Little Turtle and Thomas Jefferson
- Greenville Treaty Math
- Activities 8: Myaamia Art- Ribbonwork (1795-1840)
- Ribbonwork
- Miami Dress Chronology
- Additional Resources
Chapter 5: Forced Removals and Economic Decline
- Recommended Grade Levels
- 8th- High School
- Essential Questions
- How does removal affect a culture?
- How do different cultures value and respect land rights?
- How do different groups of people define homeland?
- Readings
- Myaamia Removal
- Activities 9: Myaamia Removal (1846)
- Removal Timeline
- Removal Letters
- Paraphrase
- Activities 10: Kansas and the Second Removal to Oklahoma (1846-1873)
- Squatters
- Dawes Act
- Additional Resources
Chapter 6: Government, Education, and Reform (1939-1990)
- Recommended Grade Levels
- High School
- Essential Questions
- How can citizens affect government policy?
- How has the American government's attitude toward American Indians changed over time?
- How does a Constitution function as a government document?
- Readings
- Powwow and Stomp Dance
- Marshall Trilogy
- Wiihsakacaakwa and the Blind Men
- Activities 11: Myaamia Sovereignty Renewed
- Miami Constitution
- Marshall Trilogy
- Laws and Legislation Research Project
- Activities 12: A New Sense of Self-Determination
- Powwow and Stomp Dance
- Education
- Additional Resources
Chapter 7: The Myaamia Today (1990-Today)
- Recommended Grade Levels
- High School
- Essential Questions
- How has the Myaamia culture changed over time?
- Why are kinship and family relationships important to communities?
- What is the value of the EEwansaapita Summer Youth Experience and other programs like it?
- Readings
- Tribal Enrollment Process
- How Poohkinkwia Got His Name
- Activities 13: EEwansaapita Youth Education
- Miami Foodways Today
- Miami Family and the Elderly
- Language Theatre
- Activities 14: Myaamia Sovereignty Today
- Kinship and Tribal Membership
- Current Nation Events
- Myaamia Sovereignty and the Constitution
- Additional Resources
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