REV. MAURICE HENRY SANDS (Black and Indian Mission Office): It means a lot to have somebody like St. Kateri who is being held up by the whole Catholic Church, as well as someone who is recognized ...

The executive director of the U.S. bishops’ Black and Indian Mission Office ... A religious sister holds a crucifix and a picture of St. Kateri Tekakwitha prior to the first American Indian's ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Sister Kateri Mitchell was born and raised on the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation ... years we’re heathens,” Cook said. “The white man has hurt us enough.

"She was someone who was basically born as nothing, according to the white people back ... Celebrations at Kateri's birthplace in Auriesville and at St. Francis-Xavier Church in Kahnawake, Canada ...

Once again those known as the “Black Indians ... s annex at the St. Therese of the Child Jesus worship site in Mount Airy this weekend. This will be the Third St. Kateri Tekakwitha Mass ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The short life of Kateri Tekakwitha, the only Native American saint, will be depicted in ... experts Sally Ann Adams, Mildred White and William Francis, of Akwesasne, for portions ...