Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet

On Thursday, March 19, 2026, the Oklahoma Historical Society honored award recipients and Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame inductees at our annual Awards Banquet. This event was held at the Oklahoma History Center, located at 800 Nazih Zuhdi Drive in Oklahoma City.

Steven W. Taylor, former chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court, was the keynote speaker. OHS Board Member T. S. Akers was the emcee for the event.

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Awards and Honors Presented

Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame Inductees
Donald L. Fixico
David W. Levy (posthumous)
Linda D. Wilson
Timothy A. Zwink

Guardians of History Honorees
Senator Dana Prieto
Speaker Kyle Hilbert

E. E. Dale Award
Outstanding Book on Oklahoma History
Black Moses: A Saga of Ambition and the Fight for a Black State, Caleb Gayle (Riverhead Books, 2025)

Honorable Mention:

Autobiography of a Kiowa Indian, Charles E. Apekaum with Weston La Barre, edited by Benjamin R. Kracht (University of Nebraska Press, 2025)

Chitto Harjo: Native Patriotism and the Medicine Way, Donald L. Fixico (Yale University Press, 2025)

Honey Springs, Oklahoma: Historical Archaeology of a Civil War Battlefield, William B. Lees (Texas A&M University Press, 2025)

Peyote Politics: The Making of the Native American Church, 1880–1937, Lisa D. Barnett (University of Oklahoma Press, 2025)

Bruce T. Fisher Award
Outstanding Oklahoma History Project
“How the Complex History of Indigenous Sovereignty Shapes Oklahoma Lands,” Sarah Liese, KOSU

Muriel H. Wright Award
Outstanding Article Published in The Chronicles of Oklahoma
“Crossing Cultural Frontiers: Mexicans in the Wild West Shows,” (Spring 2025), Gary Moreno

William D. Pennington Award
Outstanding Social Studies Teacher
Becky Lockler, El Reno High School

Joseph B. Thoburn Award
Outstanding Student Historian
Taleah Williams, Morrison Public Schools

National Register of Historic Places Designations
Baccus House, Vernon
Baptist Building, Oklahoma City
Carverdale Historic District, Oklahoma City
Frank and Lillian Primm Rock House, Harrah
Haygood-Shephard American Legion Post 103, Okmulgee
Hudson Service Station, Miami
James Carl Sr. and Lucille Johnson Family House, Lawton
Langston Jail, Langston
Moton School Campus Historic District, Taft
Robert J. LaFortune Tower, Tulsa
Turkey Springs Battlefield, Freedom vicinity
Van Sanford Apartments, Seminole

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Past Awards

2025 Awards
2024 Awards
2023 Awards
2022 Awards
2021 Awards (online)

• Awards and Honors
  • Awards Banquet
  • Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame
  • Guardian of History Award
  • Bruce T. Fisher Award
  • E. E. Dale Award
  • Joseph B. Thoburn Award
  • Linda Williams Reese Award
  • Muriel H. Wright Award
  • William D. Pennington Award