In the 1878 Battle of Turkey Springs a band of Northern Cheyenne, who were 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.
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    Gerry Robinson
    Author and Historian
    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.
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    Lynda Ozan
    Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer
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    Kristina Wyckoff
    Historical Archaeologist