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Black Elk (L) and Elk of the Oglala Lakota (R) 1887. Public Domain.

This Native American is officially on the path to sainthood

Oct 31, 2017

Lakota medicine man turned Catholic catechist Nicholas Black Elk has begun the path to potential canonization with a Mass in... Read more

Christopher Columbus.

Don't rush to judge Columbus, anthropologist encourages

Oct 9, 2017

By Kevin J. Jones

The controversies surrounding Christopher Columbus are sometimes misplaced and should not overshadow Columbus’ Christian motives in his voyages,  a scholar... Read more

Colorado church ministers to Native Americans, homeless, and deaf

Mar 1, 2017

St. Bernadette Parish, the pioneer Catholic church of Lakewood, Colorado, outgrew its first worship space just 18 years after being... Read more

Old church at the Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico, 1902. Photo courtesy of the Pueblo of Acoma.

Catholics join outrage over sale of sacred Native American items

May 30, 2016

By Kevin J. Jones

Native Americans say a French auction house should return their sacred objects set to go on sale, and they have... Read more

Bald eagle feathers.

Jail time over eagle feathers? One Native American's religious freedom fight

May 29, 2015

By Matt Hadro

A Native American tribe leader has been threatened with time in prison for his religious use of eagle feathers, and... Read more