2009
30th Annual
International Festival
September 25, 26, 27
Elmer Thomas Park
Lawton, Oklahoma
More information here.

Established on August 6, 1901, Lawton, Oklahoma will turn 108 this year.
Click here to find out more about the August 1st ceremony and free concert in Elmer Thomas Park featuring Tim Tate Nevaquuaya and the Bobby Dale Band.

Bobby Dale Band

Following the Oklahoma Anthropological Society's spring meeting in April, Jana Brown talked to K.C. Kraft, OAS President Charles Cheatham and other OAS members.

Music by
U.S. Air Force Band
http://www.archive.org/details/audio

Our newest member Aaron  Brummitt, will attend our next GSCOAS meeting at noon on Saturday May 23. He is employed by the Tennessee Valley authority to assist Fort Sill in maintaining compliance with the federal cultural resources regulations. Mr. Brummitt received his baccalaureate degree from the University of Tennessee and his Master's Degree from the University of South Carolina .

As a means of introducing himself to the group, Aaron will lead a discussion about some of the previous projects he has worked on, and describe his current role assisting in cultural resource consultation and conducting archaeological surveys at Fort Sill.

Aaron will have handouts with some photos to assist with the discussion.

The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information call Debra Baker at 580-581-3460.

This episode, Jana Brown talks to Wallace C. Moore and Marcia Peppel from Barking Water Productions.

Barking Water Productions, Inc.

Music by
Josh Woodward

Schedule
8:30 – 9:30 OAS Board Meeting
9:30 – 10:00 Registration and Refreshments (Registration is $5.00)
10:00 – 11:00 Towana Spivey, “Military Forts on the Red River”
11:00 – 12:00 K.C Kraft, “Fort (Camp) Nichols, No Man’s Land: Kit Carson
and the Santa Fe Trail”
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch on your own. Pick up a list of recommendations at the registration table. Comanche National Museum is open in case you want to make time to see it.
1:30 – 2:15 Charles Wallis, Jr., “An Introduction to Fort Reno: Past and Future”
2:15 – 3:00 Business Meeting, Awards and Election of OAS Officers and Directors
3:00 – 3:30 Mike McKay, “Archaeology at Fort Gibson: Summary and Surprises”
3:30 – 4:30 Tim Poteete, “Coffee’s Station”
4:30 – 5:00 Tour the Museum
5:00 – 5:45 GSCOAS Podcast Recording for Debitage – guest, K.C. Kraft
6:00 Dinner - Reservations at Bianco’s Italian Restaurant

Sunday Sightseeing Schedule
9:30 Meet at the Museum Parking Lot/Drive to Fort Sill Museum
9:45 – 11:45 Fort Sill – Cannon Walk and Museum Tour
11:45 – 12:00 Travel to Medicine Park
12:00 – 1:15 Lunch at the Plantation in Medicine Park
1:15 – 2:15 Touring Medicine Park/River Walk
2:15 – 3:00 Drive over to the Visitor Center
3:00 – 3:30 Visitor Center at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge
3:30 – 4:30 Sightseeing at the Wichita Wildlife Refuge

This episode Debra Baker talks to Dr. Joe Watkins, Director of the Native American Studies Program at the University of Oklahoma and Towana Spivey, Director of the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum.

Music by Brad Sucks.