The sounds of drumming, dancing and speeches filled Tulsa’s SoBo district Monday morning as attendees prepared for the largest-ever Native American Day parade in the event’s decade-long history.
Coinciding with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, the festivities began at Dream Keepers Park, 1875 S. Boulder Park Drive, before moving to nearby South 21st Street for the parade that featured Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols as grand marshal. Programming resumed at the park after dozens of floats representing tribal nations and cultural organizations moved through downtown.
Nichols, along with Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr., Muscogee Nation Principal Chief David Hill and Osage Nation Principal Chief Joe Tillman, spoke to an audience of hundreds about the unified strength of the tribes and how their success is contributing to the communities of northeastern Oklahoma…