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Preparing the next generation of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Tribe of Oklahoma leaders

Myaamia Heritage Award Program at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University plays key role

Daryl Baldwin with a Heritage class in 2021
Daryl Baldwin, executive director of the Myaamia Center, teaches a 2021 class of students in the Myaamia Heritage Award Program (photo by Scott Kissell).
Oxford and Beyond

Preparing the next generation of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Tribe of Oklahoma leaders

Myaamia Heritage Award Program at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University plays key role

Several alumni of the Myaamia Heritage Award Program at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú University are now in leadership positions with the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Tribe of Oklahoma.

These positions exemplify how the program contributes to the next generation of leaders within the Tribe. Created in 1991, the program provides a tuition waiver and a four-year undergraduate college experience for ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Tribe students. 

Nate Poyfair ’20 was elected this summer as the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Tribe's second councilperson on the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Tribe of Oklahoma Business Committee.

Lance Theobald ’10 and Mika Leonard ’06 serve as the chief executive officer and vice president of operations, respectively, of ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Nation Enterprises, the Tribe’s economic arm. Joshua Sutterfield ’05 MA ’09 is cultural education director.

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