Lunch and Learn: “The Battle of Turkey Springs”
August 12, 12 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
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On Tuesday, August 12, at noon Central Time, the State Historic Preservation Office will host a free Lunch and Learn webinar on “The Battle of Turkey Springs.”
In the 1878 Battle of Turkey Springs, a band of Northern Cheyenne, escaping starvation and illness at their assigned reservation in the Fort Reno vicinity, rebuffed the US Cavalry, who had been sent to return them to the reservation. The Battle of Turkey Springs is notable as the last known armed conflict between the US Army and American Indians in Oklahoma.
Gerry Robinson, author and historian and member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation; Lynda Ozan, Deputy Historic Preservation Officer; and Kristina Wyckoff, Historical Archaeologist, will be present at the webinar.
Gerry Robinson is a member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation. His historical novel, The Cheyenne Story: An Interpretation of Courage, received the 2019 Western Heritage Award for Outstanding Western Novel from the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum.
