Miami University and the Myaamia Tribe have announced a new collaborative awareness platform, beginning this month.
The agreement, which centers around a jointly designed logo, was officially signed on Oct. 21 by University President Greg Crawford and Myaamia Chief Douglas Lankford. Both were present for a ceremonial coin toss before Miami’s football game against Buffalo to celebrate.
The goal of the collaboration is to shine light on the rich history of the tribe and the university’s relationship with it, which remains widely unknown to the general public.
The relationship between the university and tribe started in the 1970s and has grown into what President Crawford called “arguably the strongest relationship in the nation, between a university and an associated Native American Tribe.