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The Catholic bishops are backing a suit by Apache Stronghold, a coalition of Native Americans and their supporters, in its lawsuit against the federal government. The lawsuit argues that the coalition’s freedom of religion was violated when the federal government announced its intention to sell formerly protected land in Arizona to a mining company.

U.S. Bishops, Knights of Columbus Back Apache Religious Freedom Bid at Supreme Court

Religious liberty scholars from the Notre Dame Law School, Seton Hall University, and the University of St. Thomas School of Law also filed a brief backing the Native Americans. Numerous other religious groups also filed amicus briefs.

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The ‘Lily of the Mohawks’ statue depicting St. Kateri Tekakwitha is seen at the Shrine at Our Lady of Czestochowa Roman Catholic Church in Turners Falls, Massachusetts.

US Bishops Plan Response to Native American Catholics Who ‘Want Their Voice Heard’

Kevin J. Jones/CNA Nation June 18, 2021 1

A Native American man wearing traditional regalia walks past a Swiss Guard during Pope Francis’ weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 27, 2016.

Will U.S. Bishops’ Pastoral Plan Revive the Church’s Living Native American Roots?

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) saw strong support from leading bishops for providing a complete pastoral plan for Native American Catholics that could impact the whole U.S. Church.

Peter Jesserer Smith Blogs June 18, 2021 3

St. Michael’s Indian School employees have worked to provide food support to Native families traveling to distribution centers.

Catholics Aid Native Americans to Arrest Deadly Spread of COVID-19

Nations and tribes have been hit hard by the pandemic, but Catholics have played an important role in seeing successes in the fight against the coronavirus.

Peter Jesserer Smith Nation September 15, 2020 0

The Tekakwitha Conference, which celebrates the faith and native culture, discussed new canonization causes at its July meeting, where Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput celebrated Mass; as a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation, Archbishop Chaput was the second Native American to be ordained a bishop in the United States — and the first Native American archbishop.

Unveiling Potential Saints for the Americas

US Catholics are discovering a hidden but glorious legacy of holy lives and martyrs in North America thanks to the Tekakwitha Conference.

Peter Jesserer Smith Nation August 12, 2019 0

This portrait was painted around 1696 by Father Claude Chauchetière, who knew Kateri personally and wrote the first biography of the saint.

‘Blueprint for Sainthood’ Seen in Native American Lives, Martyrdoms

American Catholics are discovering a hidden, but glorious legacy of holy men and women, including hundreds of martyrs, in North America thanks to the Tekakwitha Conference.

Peter Jesserer Smith Blogs August 2, 2019 0

The University of Notre Dame’s Main Building, which houses the murals that will soon be ‘covered by woven material consistent with the décor.’

University of Notre Dame to Cover Up Prominent Columbus Murals

The murals, painted by Luigi Gregori, are located in Notre Dame’s Main Building.

Catholic News Agency Education January 22, 2019 0

Brady Jandreau is a young Lakota Sioux rodeo star whose story is portrayed in a fact-inspired film.

‘God Saved My Life,’ Says ‘The Rider’ Star Brady Jandreau

A Native American cowboy and onetime rodeo star whose career-ending injury is the basis of a masterful fact-inspired film talks about making the film, his heritage and his faith.

Steven D. Greydanus Movies June 14, 2018 0

Above, Nicholas Black Elk uses the Two Roads catechism to teach some children about the Catholic faith. Below, Black Elk, holding the rosary, with his daughter Lucy Looks Twice.

Cause Opens for Nicholas Black Elk, Holy Man of the Lakota

Bishop Robert Gruss tells the Register that Black Elk’s life provides a model of ‘missionary evangelization’ for all Catholic Americans.

Peter Jesserer Smith Nation October 23, 2017 0

Left to right: Detail of Joseph Louis Cook from Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec (1786), by John Trumbull, and a pencil sketch of Colonel Louis, also by John Trumbull (1785).

Col. Louis Cook: Operatic Abenaki, US Patriot, Devoted Catholic

COMMENTARY: On June 18, the Continental Army left its winter camp at Valley Forge in pursuit of the retreating Red Coats. With them was Col. Cook, who fought the British in the French and Indian War.

Anthony Gerring Commentaries June 18, 2017 12

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