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Catholic natives want Mohawk named a saint

As a young girl, a Mohawk known as "She Who Bumps Into Things" probably wouldn't believe she would one day be hailed as a saint.

However, Kateri Tekakwitha, born in 1656 Auriesville, N.Y. to a Mohawk Chief and a Catholic Algonquin mother, has been put in just such a position.

Two hundred and sixty three years after her death, Tekakwitha was declared venerable by Pope Pius XII on Jan. 3, 1943. Beatification by Pope John Paul II followed on June 22, 1980.

Many groups of Native American Catholics across the continent have made it part of their life's mission to convince the church to declare Tekakwitha a saint, including the Akwesasne Kateri Prayer Circle.
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