FORT SILL, Okla. (Nov. 21, 2013) -- A permanent exhibit at the Fort Sill National Historic Landmark Museum highlights the lives and contributions of Southwest Oklahoma Native American nations and tribes.
"The Warrior's Journey" Native American gallery features more than 30 displays chronicling the history of mainly Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indians, their leaders and culture.
"It's a great exhibit, we have a lot of one-of-kind objects," said Ralph Spencer, Fort Sill museum specialist.
Artifacts include medicine man Geronimo's saddle, warrior-statesman Quanah Parker's warriors outfit, and a couple displays focus on the Comanche code talkers, including a replica of Dan Progue's sculpture "The Code Talker."
There is a large exhibit of Quanah Parker artifacts, Spencer said. Parker was a Comanche chief and a leader of the Native American Church movement.
Another exhibit display underscores the role of the buffalo to the plains Indians.
"The buffalo which was their 'Wal-Mart,'" Spencer said. "Everything they could possible need came from the buffalo: food, shelter, clothing, glue, weapons, utensils, hair brushes."
"The Warrior's Journery" exhibit is free and open to the public Tuesdays through Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The gallery is in the Cavalry Barracks, Bldg. 441 at Geronimo and Quanah roads at the southwest corner of the Old Post Quadrangle.
COMMANCHE NATIONAL MUSEUM AND CULTURAL CENTER
The CNMCC's "Comanche Code of Honor" exhibit features the story of the code talkers. The exhibits runs through August. CNMCC is at 701 NW Ferris Ave. in Lawton, behind McMahon Auditorium. For additional information, logon to the Internet at www.comanchemuseum.com.
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