aatotankiki myaamiaki, Vol. 5, No. 3 (2002)

Annual General Council Meeting Held [p. 1] PHOTO: Worthy Praise- Tribal Business Committee recognized Title VI Director Laurie Shade as "Outstanding Employee" at Annual General Council Meeting [p. 1] Miami Designs Receives Order to Screen Print Shirts for Smithsonian [p. 1] PHOTO: Design for the National Museum of the American Indian Inaugural Pow Wow [p. 1] History Section: Lands of the Miami (Dr. Beverly Rodgers) [p. 2] PHOTO: Dr. Beverly Rodgers [p. 2] PHOTO: Map of the lands of the Miami, found in the book "The Life and Times of Little Turtle" by Harvey Lewis Carter [p. 3] Miami Tribe Invited to Participate in Battle of Fallen Timbers Site General Management Plan [p. 3] Myaamia Project Update (Daryl Baldwin) [p. 3] Indigenous People Symposium: Language and Cultural Revitalization (Nichole Prescott) [p. 4] PHOTO: Daryl Baldwin, and Dr. Beverly Rodgers, visiting assistant professor of education at Antioch College; with Nichole Prescott, PhD student at SUNY [p. 4] Traditional Miami Names and Translations (Daryl Baldwin) [p. 5] PHOTO: Daryl Baldwin distributes language materials at the Annual meeting [p. 5] About Chief Forest Olds and the Portrait of the Miami (Bobbe Burke) [p. 6] PHOTO: Late Chief Forest Olds with wife Lorene at Miami University reception [p. 6] PHOTO: Artist John Ruthven and Late Chief Forest Olds unveil portrait of a Miami Indian commissioned by Miami University [p. 6] A Neat Thing Happened on the Way to an Organized Archives (Karen Alexander) [p. 6] CHARLIE Library Network Catalog Finally Online (Karen Alexander) [p. 6] Notes from the Archives (Sharon Prescott) [p. 7] PHOTO: Moving Day- Librarian Karen Alexander and Archive helper Sharon Prescott with boxes [p. 7] PHOTO: Ken Prescott [p. 7] Tribal Spouses Honor Their Miami Family in Many Ways [p. 7] PHOTO: Beautiful Beadwork, beadwork by Johnnie Leonard, wife of Tribal member Frank Leonard [p. 7] PHOTO: Johnnie Leonard with Second Chief Tom Gamble [p. 7] Annual General Council Meeting Held July 6th, 2002 [p. 8] PHOTO: Tribal Member Evelyn Bellmyer displays beadwork at annual meeting [p. 8] PHOTO: Kristin Cordray gave prize to Elder, with Julie Olds [p. 8] PHOTO: Jacob Brewer and wife, Joanne Doudrick and Bob Doudrick [p. 8] PHOTO: Leonard Learning Center Director Stacy Williams with son Reed Temple Williams [p. 8] PHOTO: Chief Leonard congratulates Jenna Williams as Tribal Princess [p. 8] Leonard Learning Center Continues to Grow (LLC Director Stacy Williams) [p. 9] PHOTO: The Best in Town- employees of Leonard Learning Center, with Stacy Williams [p. 9] PHOTO: Doug Lankford at press [p. 10] PHOTO: Javier Robles at the press [p. 10] PHOTO: Jacob Robles at the dryer [p. 10] PHOTO: Dee Lankford putting blank shirts on the press palettes [p. 10] PHOTO: Carolyn Collier at the press [p. 10] Tribal Member and Wife Visit Reservation to Deliver Gifts [p. 10] PHOTO: Ken and Kathy Dagenett [p. 10] PHOTO: Apache community in San Carlos, AZ unload donated goods [p. 10] Giveaways Central to Native Culture, Traditions (Jodie Rave) [p. 11] PHOTO: Pat Leonard gifts Rose DiMeo from Global Native Environmental with a shawl [p. 11] PHOTO: Head Gourd Dancer Earl EchoHawk gifts Mildred Walker [p. 11] PHOTO: Tribal Princess Amy Ratzloff receives a gift from the Quapaw Inter-Tribal Gourd Dancers at the 2001 Miami Tribal Pow Wow [p. 11] Tribal Member Spotlight: Ivalah Allen, Honoring her Heritage Through Song [p. 12] PHOTO: Ivalah Allen [p. 12] Tribal Member Records Gospel CD [p. 12] PHOTO: Dennis Pooler with Chief Leonard [p. 12] PHOTO: Dennis Pooler's CD titled "He is The Rock" [p. 12] New Vice President for Student Affairs Appointed at Miami University (Dr. Hugh Morgan) [p. 13] PHOTO: Chief Floyd Leonard with Dr. Richard Nault, newly appointed Vice President for Student Affairs [p. 13] Quote from 2002 Miami Pow Wow Emcee Larry Daylight [p. 13] Elouise Cobell Visits Northeast Oklahoma [p. 13] PHOTO: Elouise Cobell [p. 13] Tribal Attorney Addresses Blood Quantum Issue [p. 14] WIC Program Report (Shirley Bass, Director) [p. 14] PHOTO: Chief Floyd Leonard with Mr. Charles Head as new Superintendent of Miami Field Office of the BIA [p. 14] Call for Applications and Nominations Scholarships [p. 14] Back to School Funds are Appreciated [(Kayla Hook) [p. 15] New Director of Tribal Relations Named [p. 15] PHOTO: Tom Gamble, new Director of Tribal Relations [p. 15] PHOTO: Tom Gamble and Javier Robles with Peter Willis, President of the San Manuel Bottled Water Group [p. 15] Tribe Completes Feasibility Study [p. 15] PHOTO: new storage building under construction [p. 15] New Environmental Program Director [p. 15] PHOTO: New Environmental Program Director-Envira-Tech Manager Tom Ward [p. 15] PHOTO: Enviro-Buggy: Environmental Program Employee Wes Gamble with passenger [p. 15] New MTOBDA Board Member Appointed [p. 16] PHOTO: Neil Watson appointed to MTOBDA [p. 16] Tribe's Gaming Facility 'The Stables' Celebrates Fourth Anniversary [p. 16] PHOTO: The Stables [p. 16] PHOTO: Chief Floyd Leonard with Modoc Chief Bill Follis accepting award as Tribal Owned Business of the Year [p. 16] Tribe Purchases Building Downtown to House Over Flowing Programs [p. 17] PHOTO: Business Manager Javier Robles [p. 17] PHOTO: Downtown satellite office of Miami Tribe on west side of Main Street [p. 17] Audio Language CDs Finally Arrive for Distribution [p. 17] PHOTO: Cover of myaamia iilaataweenki audio language CD [p. 17] Births: Taylor Marie Rugger [p. 18] PHOTO: Taylor Marie Rugger [p. 18] Births: Madalynn Zada Munson [p. 18] PHOTO: Madalynn Zada Munson [p. 18] Births: Heather Raven Gustus [p. 18] PHOTO: Heather Raven Gustus [p. 18] Births: Thor Mitchell Cordray [p. 18] PHOTO: Thor Mitchell Cordray [p. 18] Weddings: Davis-Douglas Wedding [p. 18] PHOTO: Craig Davis and Jessica Douglas [p. 18] Tribal Member Receives Fellowship (Margaret W. Hall) [p. 18] Tribal Member Completes Air Force Basic Training [p. 18] PHOTO: AB Brandon Cordray Tribal Member Concerned About FEN-PHEN Drug (Jennifer Patrick) [p. 19] Fredda Van Schmus Donation [p. 19] Shamrock Paving Makes Donation [p. 19] Miami University Greek Community Project Fund Makes Donation [p. 19] Connecting Native Americans to Health Information [p. 19] PHOTO: Julia Wagner and Josh Sutterfield point to allotments in Ottawa County map [p. 19] PHOTO: Memorial brick with Chief Floyd E. Leonard engraved [p. 20] PHOTO: Oath of Office- Chief Floyd Leonard administers Oath of Office to: Patsy Henson, Grievance Committee; Ben Olds, Grievance Committee; Jenna Williams, Princess; Julie Olds, Secretary-Treasurer; Donya Williams, Grievance Committee; Kim Wade, Grievance Committee [p. 20] PHOTO: Balloons to Remember, for September 11, 2001 [p. 20] PHOTO: Miami Ribbonwork from Eiteljorg Museum [p. 20].