OKLAHOMA CITY — A bill that a broad coalition of Native American groups endorsed to celebrate a day for indigenous people on Columbus Day was signed into law Thursday by Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, the first governor in the U.S. to be enrolled as a member of a Native American tribe. “I think moving it to Columbus Day, I don’t see any downside to it at all,” Stitt said. It moves Oklahoma’s current Native American Day from November to the second Monday in October. “A lot of this has to do with providing an alternative to Columbus Day.

Source: National Post April 25, 2019 22:59 UTC