Native histories. Native voices.

People have called the Ohio River Valley home for more than 12,000 years. In cooperation with Tribal Partners, we’re developing a new gallery to share the stories of the region’s earliest people through the voices of their ancestors and the archaeological evidence they left behind, including more than 150 archaeological and ethnographic objects. Ohi:yo’ Our Home — from the Seneca word “great river” — will highlight the resilience of the Native communities that have called and still call this land home.

Representatives from the Shawnee Tribe and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, as well as a citizen of the Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, are embedded in the project team developing the Ohi:yo’ Our Home gallery. Additionally, representatives from the Seneca-Cayuga Nation and the Wyandotte Nation, as well as citizens of several Tribal Nations with historical ties to the Cincinnati region, are consulting on the project.

If you’d like to support the development of this gallery, please consider donating at supportcmc.org.