“We're Living People with The Past, Not A People from The Past”: Cultural Revitalization at the Myaamia Center

An Interview with Daryl Baldwin and Kara Strass

Authors

  • Shannon Claire Toll University of Dayton

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.1233

Abstract

This interview took place on October 19, 2023, at the Myaamia Center, a nexus of Myaamia tribal knowledge production and revitalization. Located on the campus of Miami University—which is located on the traditional homelands of the Miami Tribe— the Myaamia Center and the university share a deeply unique relationship that developed over years of exchange and collaboration. In the following conversation, Daryl Baldwin, the Center’s executive director, and Kara Strass, the director of the Miami Tribal Relations Office, discuss the origins of the Center and how the work taking place there contributes to building the future of the Miami Tribe.

Author Biography

Shannon Claire Toll, University of Dayton

Dr. Shannon Toll is an assistant professor of English, specializing in Indigenous Literatures and Cultures of the United States at the University of Dayton.

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Published

2026-04-23

How to Cite

Toll, S. C. (2026). “We’re Living People with The Past, Not A People from The Past”: Cultural Revitalization at the Myaamia Center: An Interview with Daryl Baldwin and Kara Strass. Transmotion, 11(1), 150–179. https://doi.org/10.22024/UniKent/03/tm.1233