STATEWIDE AWARDS
The Statewide Awards & Honor Banquet is a special event that OFIW hosts to acknowledge their Statewide Award winners and honor the outgoing Miss & Jr. Miss Indian Oklahoma. OFIW honors nine individuals every year who are nominated for an OFIW Statewide Award. OFIW Statewide awards are; Nancy Tsoodle Student Achievement Award, Boyce Timmons Student Achievement Award, Alice Timmons Founders Award, Georgeann Robinson Humanitarian Award, Mary Townsend Crow Service Award, Helen Chupco Leadership Award, Angela Kihega Outstanding OFIW Member, American Indian Mother of the Year, and American Indian Woman of the Year. OFIW is committed to this event in order to celebrate and recognize the accomplishments of our Indian women, leaders, and students.
OFIW
Banquet Chair
Statewide Awards Chair
Gwen Burris
2019 Statewide Awards Nomination Form
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Nomination Deadline:
October 16th, 2019
$30 Per Nomination
(Non-Refundable)
Send Applications to:
Gwen Burris
16040 CR 3535
Ada, OK 74820
2018 Statewide Awardees
American Indian Mother of the Year
Gwendolyn Burris (Chickasaw/Choctaw)
Angela Kihega Outstanding OFIW Member
Cherish Gomez (Choctaw)
Boyce Timmons Achievement Award
Rodrick Orphan (Chickasaw)
Georgeann Robinson Humanitarian Award
David Wilson (Choctaw)
Helen Chupco Leadership Award
John Shotton (Otoe-Missouria)
American Indian Woman of the Year
Jessica Harjo (Otoe-Missouria/Osage/Pawnee)
Nancy Tsoodle Achievement Award
Keilyn Factor (Chickasaw/Choctaw)
Alice Timmons Founders Award
Mary Townsend Crow Service Award
Lisa Trice-Turtle (Cherokee)