Young. Indigenous. Committed to the Catholic faith.
Three hundred years after her death, St. Kateri Tekakwitha – North America’s first Indigenous saint – has become a model for young people, especially in Maskwacis. It’s a community that incorporates four First Nations south of Edmonton. And it’s there that they celebrate her each year as one of their own.
Karen WildcatAlan Schietzsch, Grandin Media
“It’s such a blessing to have a native saint. Most of our people don’t understand or know what is a saint; that’s one of the things we want to have out there,” said Karen Wildcat, who organized the fifth annual
