OHS Board of Directors
Kenneth Sivard
Elected
State At-Large, Valliant
Term expiring 2029
Kenny Sivard is a seventh-generation resident of McCurtain County. He and his wife, Kayla, along with their two children, own and operate Palali Farm, located at the historic Kemp Cabin northwest of Valliant. They raise heritage breed livestock and showcase 19th-century Choctaw agricultural history. Sivard has a background in business management and is employed by the Choctaw Electric Cooperative of Hugo.
Sivard has been a member of the McCurtain County Historical Society since he was 14 and has served as its president for 18 years. He has also served on the board of the Friends of the Honey Springs Battlefield, the Friends of the Fort Towson Historic Site, the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma Museum and Library, and the Forest Heritage Center at Beavers Bend State Park. Sivard was elected to the OHS Board of Directors in 2014 and has sat on the Museums and Sites, Publications, Research, Membership, and Nominating Committees. In 2025, Sivard joined the Executive Committee.
Sivard has written several articles on the history of McCurtain County, the Choctaw Nation, and southeast Oklahoma. In 2011, he and Kayla authored Images of America: McCurtain County, a pictorial history book, and are now in the editing stages of McCurtain County and Its People. He also assisted the Choctaw Nation’s Historic Preservation Department with several projects and gives regular presentations on Choctaw history. He has served as the grand historian of the Oklahoma Grand Lodge of Freemasons and gives regular presentations on history pertaining to the Masonic fraternity.
