Daryl Baldwin (Kinwalaniihsia), a citizen of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, was born and raised in the Great Lakes area and currently resides with his wife Karen in Liberty, Indiana, USA. Daryl’s forefathers were active in the political affairs of the Miami Nation dating back to the 18th century, and he continues this dedication towards tribal self-determination through his efforts in language and cultural revitalization today. Daryl was born during the mid 20th century, at a time when the last speakers of his heritage language were passing. This loss motivated him to begin seeking documented language resources and linguistic support, which ultimately led him to pursue an MA in English-linguistics at the University of Montana. With the support of his wife Karen, together they embarked in 1991 on the difficult work of raising their four children with the language in a homeschool environment. Their home educational effort lasted for 18 yrs. Growing community interest for language and cultural education prompted Miami Tribal leaders to approach their allies at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio in 2001 to create the Myaamia Center. Daryl was asked to be the founding director, and since its inception he and his staff have continued capacity building for this effort. The work of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, with its partner Miami University, has become nationally and internationally recognized for its research, planning, and implementation of community language and cultural revitalization efforts. In addition to Daryl’s work with his own community, he also co-directs the National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages which is housed within the Myaamia Center. National Breath of Life works with endangered language communities to build capacity around methods in archives-based research for community-directed revitalization efforts. Daryl’s entire career has been focused on building community capacity that utilizes archives for the preservation and continuation of tribal languages, cultures and the identities they nurture. In the fall of 2016, Daryl’s lifelong efforts, and arguably those of his family, tribal community, and university, were recognized with an award from the MacArthur Foundation (https://www.macfound.org/fellows/955). In 2021, Daryl was nominated by President Biden and confirmed by the U.S. Senate to become a member of the National Council on the Humanities. His term ends in January 2024 (https://www.neh.gov/staff/daryl-baldwin).