Awards & Recognitions

Kathleen M. O’Neal

First Place, American Legion Essay Contest
Tipton Elementary School, Tipton, California.

Kathleen O’Neal Gear

Special Achievement Award
from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior for
"outstanding management of America’s cultural heritage.”

Kathleen O’Neal Gear

Special Achievement Award
from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior for
“outstanding management of America’s cultural heritage."

Winner of BOOKLIST’S EDITOR’S CHOICE
for “Best Adult Book for Young Adults.”

Selected as one the
Top Ten Southwest Books of the Year.

2001 

Selected as one of the
Top Ten Southwest Books of the Year.

Golden Spur Award
Best Novel of the West
Western Writers of America

Kathleen O'Neal Gear

Inductee into the
Women Who Write the West
Hall of Fame

Golden Spur Award finalist
Best Novel of the West
Western Writers of America

W. Michael Gear & Kathleen O’Neal Gear

Selected by the Kansas National Education Association
for the Kansas State Reading Circle for Middle School/Junior High schools.

Massachusetts Public Library’s Readers Connection
- They Came Before Us Selection.

Norfolk Public Library’s
American Indian Heritage Month Booklist Selection.

Kathleen O’Neal Gear

Inducted into the California State University Alumni Hall of Fame
February 28, 2015.

Kathleen O’Neal Gear

"Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition" to Kathleen O’Neal Gear from the Honorable Kevin McCarthy, U.S. House of Representatives, “in recognition for outstanding and invaluable service to the community."

Kathleen O’Neal Gear

“Certificate of Recognition” from the Kern County Board of Supervisors, for “exemplary public service and civic contributions to the community of Kern County.”

Kathleen O’Neal Gear

California Legislature, Joint Member Resolution No. 117, commending Kathleen O’Neal Gear “for her exemplary record of professional and civic achievements” and saying, “The contributions of Kathleen Gear to the fields of history, archaeology, and writing have been invaluable, and she has served as a worthy model for all public-spirited people of the State of California…"