Catholics need to stand with the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota non-violently resisting the construction of an oil pipeline on their land for four major reasons. More from Anna Keating and watch the video after the jump:
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10.19Memorial of the North America Martyrs
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Under Huron, Huron Hymn, Iroquois, Jesuits, Martyrs, Native Americans, North American Martyrs, Saints, St. Antony Daniel, St. Charles Garnier, St. Isaac Jogues, TCC Playlist, TCC Video
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The first Christian martyrs in North America did not come to the new land for gold or power. They cast their fate with the Native American Hurons and shared that fate. More from our own Melissa Musick and a Huron hymn after the jump:
Read More10.6TCC Video: Jesuit and Lakota: Graduation at Red Cloud
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This short film is about the Native American students at Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Reservation, who are both proudly Lakota and proudly Catholic. To learn more about enculturation buy our book. Watch it after the jump:
Read More8.14The Affluence Fallacy
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Under Capitalism, Community, Happiness, Materialism, Misc: Article, Native Americans, Suicide
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“People in wealthy countries suffer depression by as much as eight times the rate as people in poor countries.”
Why did so many white-settlers defect and join Native American communities, even as no Native Americans wanted to defect to colonial life? David Brooks on the need for community: The Affluence Fallacy
Read More7.14Feast of St. Kateri Tekawitha
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Under American Indian, Feast, Illness, Liturgical Calendar, Mary, Native Americans, Repentance, Saints, St. Kateri Tekawitha
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Honoring those we have dishonored is one way to get up when we fall, one way to get back on the way . . . Let us ask St. Kateri to help us when we mistake the “angel unawares” for the dangerous other. Let us ask Kateri, the Lily of the Mohawks to be our guide. Read more from Melissa Musick after the jump. A version of this article first appeared in The National Catholic Reporter.
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