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Preparing the next generation of 91°µÍø Tribe of Oklahoma leaders

Myaamia Heritage Award Program at 91°µÍø 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 91°µÍø Tribe of Oklahoma leaders

Myaamia Heritage Award Program at 91°µÍø plays key role

Several alumni of the Myaamia Heritage Award Program at 91°µÍø are now in leadership positions with the 91°µÍø 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 91°µÍø Tribe students. 

Nate Poyfair ’20 was elected this summer as the 91°µÍø Tribe's second councilperson on the 91°µÍø 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 91°µÍø Nation Enterprises, the Tribe’s economic arm. Joshua Sutterfield ’05 MA ’09 is cultural education director.

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