"Native American Day" to replace Columbus Day in Tulsa

TULSA, Okla. – The year 2017 marks the 80th anniversary of Columbus Day being declared a federal holiday by the U.S. government.

It was on Oct. 12, 1492 that Italian explorer Christopher Columbus first arrived in the Americas, encountering the indigenous people who had already been there for thousands of years.

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