Blessed Kateri Tekawitha
Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Native American to be declared a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church, was beatified in 1980 by Pope John Paul II.
Reverence is shown for her around the country, even at St. Joseph’s Indian School.
Here, a beautiful stained glass window honors her in the Our Lady of the Sioux Chapel. In addition, our high school girls named their home on St. Joseph’s campus in her honor.
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Catlinite . . . the sacred stone
The story of this stone and the pipes made from it spans four centuries of Plains Indian life.
Inseparable from the traditions that structured daily routine and honored the spirit world, pipes figured prominently in the ways of the village and in dealings between tribes.
The story parallels that of a culture in transition: the evolution of the pipes influenced - and was influenced by - their makers' association with white explorers, traders, soldiers, and settlers
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The History of the Powwow
The word powwow derives from the Algonquian language.
To the Algonquian, a powwow was a gathering of medicine men and spiritual leaders in a curing ceremony.
Historically, nations in North America held ceremonies celebrating successful hunts, food gathering or warfare.
These ceremonies allowed the people to give thanks, honor their deceased relatives or deal with special honors such as name-giving ceremonies, adoptions and coming of age rites.
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