2025 Upward Transitions "Inspiring Hope" Award
2023 Community Literacy Centers Gourley Leaders in Literacy Award
2022 National Native American Hall of Fame Inductee
2022 REI Oklahoma Dream BIG Vision Award
2022 First Americans Museum Distinguished Service Award
2022 Americans for the Arts and The United States Conference of Mayors’ Public Leadership in the Arts Award
2021 HealthCorps Lifetime Achievement Award
2021 Multiple Sclerosis Society MS Hope Award
2021 Pendleton Woods Lifetime Achievement Award
2020 Sister Cities International Distinguished Leadership Award
2019 NAFOA Lifetime Achievement Award
2019 Oklahoma Center of Community and Justice Humanitarian Award
2019 Force 50 Foundation George Nigh Lifetime Achievement Award
2018 National Cowboy Museum’s Annie Oakley Society’s Frank Butler Award
2017 Harland C. Stonecipher Award for Entrepreneurial Vision
2017 James R. Tolbert III Crystal Orchid Award
2017 World Experiences Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award in Global Citizenship
2017 Lee B. Brawner Lifetime Achievement Award
2016 Creative Oklahoma Creativity Ambassador
2016 Louis B. Russell, Jr. Memorial Award for Service to Minority and Underserved Populations
2016 Helen Chupco Leadership Award
2015 Harold Hamm Diabetes Center Board Member of the Year
2015 Cherokee National Historical Society Stalwart Award
2015 Oklahoma Association of Community Colleges Hall of Fame Inductee
2015 Dialogue Institute of Oklahoma Leadership Award
2015 Ada Area Chamber of Commerce Ted Savage Lifetime Achievement Award
2014 Knights of Columbus John F. Kennedy Community Service Award
2014 Oklahoma Academy Key Contributor Award
2013 Oklahoma Israel Exchange Light, Leadership and Legacy Award
2013 ASTEC Fund Door Opener Award
2013 East Central University Distinguished Philanthropist Award
2013 Oklahoma Historians Hall of Fame Inductee
2012 Citizen Energy Advocate of the Year of Award
2011 Chisholm Trail Heritage Center Trail Boss Award
2011 Oklahoma Health Center Foundation Treasures for Tomorrow, Outstanding Innovative Leader
2010 International Economic Development Council (IEDC) Leadership Award for Public Service
2010 Oklahoma City University’s Meinders School of Business Chairman's Award
2009 Festival of Hope Honoree, Heartline Organization
2009 Leadership Oklahoma's Distinguished Graduate
2009 Board of the American Indian Exposition Indian of the Year
2008 Native American Finance Officers Association Tribal Leader of the Year Award
2008 Oklahoma Conference on Aging Lifetime Achievement Award
2008 National Governors Association Private Citizen Award
2007 Red Earth Ambassador
2007 Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy Outstanding Service to Oklahoma's Children Award
2007 Minority Advocate of the Year, U.S. Small Business Administration
2007 Oklahoma Heritage Association "Centennial Leadership award for Preservation of State & Local History"
2006 Oklahoma Mental Health Consumer Council "Humanitarian of the Year" Award
2005 Awarded the “Most Honored One” and “Friend of the Court” by the Oklahoma Supreme Court
2004 Oklahoma Hall of Fame Inductee
2004 Jacobson Foundation Honoree Award
2000 Distinguished Service Award from the Murray State College Foundation
1999 Tri-County Indian Nations Community Development Corporation Leadership Award
1998 Honoree, Community Literacy Center
1997 Ada Chamber of Commerce Leadership Award
1997 City of Ada A+ Award
1997 Oklahoma Governor’s Arts Award
1997 Distinguished Alumnus, East Central University
1997 Distinguished Alumnus, National Community College Association
1995 Minority Advocate of the Year, U.S. Small Business Administration

Governor Bill Anoatubby