OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma Historical Society will induct Donald L. Fixico, David W. Levy (posthumous), Linda D. Wilson and Timothy A. Zwink into the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame during the Oklahoma Historical Society Awards Banquet on Thursday, March 19, at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma History Center in Oklahoma City.
Instituted in 1993, the Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame is the highest honor awarded by the Oklahoma Historical Society. This honor recognizes distinguished and long-term contributions to Oklahoma history through demonstrated excellence in the preservation, collection, interpretation and dissemination of Oklahoma history.
Donald L. Fixico (Muscogee Creek, Seminole, Shawnee, Sac and Fox) is a Regents’ and Distinguished Professor of History; Distinguished Scholar of Sustainability; and Affiliate Faculty of American Indian Studies at Arizona State University. He was born in Shawnee and graduated from Muskogee Central High School. A first-generation college graduate, Fixico attended Bacone College before transferring to the University of Oklahoma, where he earned a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree and Ph.D. in history. He is the author and editor of over twenty books on the American West and American Indian history, including recent works such as “The State of Sequoyah: Indigenous Sovereignty and the Quest for an Indian State” and “Chitto Harjo: Native Patriotism and the Medicine Way.” Dr. Fixico has received numerous awards for his teaching and scholarship, including the National Museum of the American Indian Award in History and Education in 2010. He has also mentored dozens of graduate students and has traveled widely, both nationally and internationally, to lend his expertise on Oklahoma and American Indian history…