Mohawks Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:11:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg Mohawks Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 Roman Catholic Church Recognizes First Nations Saint https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/10/25/1-roman-catholic-church-recognizes-first-nations-saint/ Thu, 25 Oct 2012 05:11:39 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=7807 Last Sunday Kateri Tekakwitha (known as Lily of the Mowhawks) became a saint in the Roman Catholic religion. She is the first North American First Nations saint.

More than 1,000 Canadians attended the “canonization” ceremony, conducted by the Pope Benedict XVI (16th) in the Vatican City in Italy.

Many of the people at the ceremony wore feathered headdresses and beads and sang songs to Tekakwitha.

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