The Crossing of Two Roads: Being Catholic and Native in the United States

by Vecsey, Christopher

• ISBN13: 9781570755033
• ISBN10: 1570755035
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• Copyright: 2003-12-01
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Author Biography

Marie Therese Archambault is a Franciscan sister born and raised on reservations in North and South Dakota. She holds degrees in theology, spirituality, scripture and religious studies. Based in Denver, Colorado, she works in cross-cultural ministries Mark G. Thiel is archivist of Native Catholic collections at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Christopher Vecsey is Charles A. Dana Professor and Division Director of the Humanities at Colgate University, Hamilton, New York

Table of Contents

Foreword by Christopher J. Kauffman	xi
Acknowledgments1 xv
Preface	xvii
General Introduction by Christopher Vecsey	xix
Part 1 THE SPANISH HERITAGE
1. Confesionario of Fray Francisco Pareja, O.FM., 1613	1	(7)
2. Don Juan de Oñate Describes the Acoma Indians' First Contacts with Christianity, 1598	8	(3)
3. Revised Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides, ORM., 1634	11	(2)
4. Declaration of Pedro Naranjo on the Pueblo Indians' Revolt, 1681	13	(3)
5. Bishop Tamarón's Visitation of New Mexico, 1760	16	(3)
6. Fray Francisco Atansio Dominguez's Description of the Missions of New Mexico, 1776	19	(1)
7. Eugene Van Patten, President of the Tortugas Indians [Los Indios de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe], to Reverend William H. Ketcham, May 12, 1919	20	(2)
8. Nativity Myth at Laguna, Recorded by Elsie Clews Parsons, 1918	22	(2)
9. Letter to Santa Claus by Esther Naktewa (Zuni), St. Anthony Indian School, October 18, 1937	24	(1)
10. Reverend Regis Darpel, O.F.M., Writes of the Jemez Hosts to the Christ Child, 1949	25	(2)
11. Archbishop Rudolph A. Gerken's Declaration to the Governor, Officials, and People of the Santo Domingo Pueblo, July 16, 1935	27	(2)
12. Augustine Aguilar and Other Santo Domingo Officials to Archbishop Gerken, August 6, 1935	29	(1)
13. Archbishop Gerken to Aguilar, August 8, 1935	30	(3)
14. John Bird of Santo Domingo to the Editor, 1940	33	(1)
15. Archbishop Edwin V Byrne to the Governor, Santo Domingo Pueblo, December 30, 1943	34	(1)
16. Fred Tenorio et al., San Felipe Pueblo, to Archbishop Byrne, March 2, 1949	35	(1)
17. Archbishop Byrne to Tenorio, March 15, 1949	36	(1)
18. An Isleta Committee for Religious Freedom Writes to Archbishop James P Davis, June 28, 1965	37	(1)
19. Archbishop Robert F. Sanchez to Gilbert Valden, Santa Fe Fiesta Council, September 23, 1977	38	(2)
20. Delfin J. Lovato, All Indian Pueblo Council, to Archbishop Sanchez, September 26, 1977	40	(1)
21. A Yaqui Maestro's Story, 1940	40	(1)
22. A Yaqui Easter Sermon by Ignacio Alvarez, 1941	41	(4)
23. Reverend Remy Rudin, O.F.M., Describes O'odham [Papago] Pilgrims to Magdelena de Kino,1953	45	(2)
24. Joseph W. Thomas Speaks of O'odham [Pima] Religion and Catholicism, July 22, 1995	47	(2)
25. Sister Gloria Ann Davis, S.B.S., Tells of Navajo Religion, the Native American Church, and Catholicism, 1975	49	(2)
26. Tony Machukay (Apache) Writes of "The Status of St. John's Mission School," April 22, 1981	51	(3)
27. Fray Juan Crespi's Journal of Alta California, 1769	54	(1)
28. Testimony of Runaway Christian Indians, August 12, 1797	55	(2)
29. Pablo Tac (Luiseño), A Record of California Mission Life, 1835	57	(3)
30. Fathers Fernando Martin, O.RM., and Vicente Oliva, O.F.M., to Comandante General José Maria Echeandia, regarding Citizen Gil, 1826	60	(1)
31. Certificate of the Marriage of Malvina Sawebel (Cupeño) and Suanee Monat (Cupeño), Presided by Catechist Ambrosio Ortega (Cupeño),1891	60	(1)
32. Memoir of Pala by Father Julian Girardot, O.F.M., ca. 1935	61	(2)
33. Santa Rosa Mission Indians to Bishop Charles F Buddy, October 16, 1939	63	(1)
34. Mrs. Mariano Saubel et al., Morongo Mission Indians, to Pope Pius XII, May 23, 1952	63	(2)
Part 2 THE FRENCH HERITAGE
35. Reverend William M. Hughes, "The Happiest People in the World," 1913	65	(6)
36. Bishop Amedee W. Proulx's Memo, "Peter Dana Point," October 20, 1982	71	(2)
37. Reverend Andrew White, S.J., in Maryland, 1639	73	(2)
38. Reverend Jerome Lalemant, S.J., Describes Joseph Chihouatenhoua, a Huron Convert, 1640	75	(3)
39. Reverend Simon le Moyne, S.J., Describes the "Captive Church" of Hurons among the Iroquois, 1654	78	(1)
40. Reverend Joseph Marie Chaumonot, S.J., Describes a Pilgrimage to Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré,1671	79	(1)
41. Reverend Paul Ragueneau, S.J., Describes Huron Martyrdom, 1658	80	(1)
42. Reverend Claude Dablon, S.J., Describes Daniel Garakontié, a Christian Onondaga, 1671-72	81	(3)
43. Remembrance of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Saintly Mohawk, by Reverend Pierre Cholenec, S.J.,1696	84	(3)
44. Christian Daniel Claus, "Memorandum at Onondaga," 1750	87	(2)
45. Reverend Michael K. Jacobs, S.J., to Bishop James J. Navagh, March 9, 1961	89	(5)
46. Reverend François le Mercier, S.J., Describes the Anishinabe Encounter with Catholicism, 1668	94	(3)
47. Reverend Dablon, "Of the State of Christianity at the Mission of Saint Marie du Sault," 1670	97	(3)
48. Reverend Dablon Describes Diseases and Baptisms among the Anishinabe, 1671	100	(4)
49. Leopold Pokagon to Bishop Frederick Rese,1830	104	(1)
50. Reverend Louis Baroux Records Elizabeth Pokagon's Last Words, 1851	105	(1)
51. Antonine Denomie (Ojibwa) to Monsignor Joseph A. Stephan, October 4, 1888	106	(1)
52. John B. Masskogijigwek (Ojibwa) to Monsignor Stephan, December 10, 1890	107	(1)
53. "Cha-pah-kes-kut -Ghost Dinner," St. Michael's Church, October 21, 1979	107	(1)
54. The Diaries of Louis Riel,1884-85	108	(1)
55. Houma Indian Church Records, Diocese of HoumaThibodaux,1843-1911	109	(1)
56. Choctaw Letters from Union, Mississippi, to Reverend William H. Ketcham, 1917-20	110	(3)
57. Reverend Louis Taelman, S.J., Obituary of Louis Ignace La Mousse (Flathead), 1927	113	(2)
58. Anthony Del Orier, William H. Tinker, and Louis C. Reveard (Osages) to the Editor, Freeman journal, April 16, 1874	115	(3)
59. Lakota Sioux Chiefs to President Rutherford B. Hayes, 1877	118	(1)
60. Reverend Henry Grotegeers, S.J., "Instruction by Means of the Two Roads," 1931	119	(1)
61. Bishop Joseph F. Busch to the Catholic Indians of the Diocese of Lead, ca. 1910-15	120	(2)
62. St. Joseph Society, Organization Rules, January 1917	122	(3)
63. Parishioners, St. Paul's Church, Yankton Sioux Reservation, to Reverend Ketcham, May 14, 1920	125	(1)
64. Obituary of Leah Rooks (Lakota), "A Rose of the Bad Lands," by Reverend Eugene Buechel, S.J.,1921	125	(2)
65. John Goes in Center [John Bull] (Lakota), Affidavit, February 7, 1931	127	(1)
66. Minutes of the Golden Jubilee Catholic Sioux Congress, Holy Rosary Mission, Pine Ridge Reservation, 1938	128	(6)
67. Correspondence of Nicholas Black Elk, Lakota Catechist and Medicine Man, 1907-34	134	(6)
68. Pine Ridge Petition to Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 5, 1934	140	(1)
69. Freeman A. Mesteth (Lakota) from South Dakota State Penitentiary to Reverend Ted F. Zuern, S.J., March 7, 1993	141	(1)
70. Reverend Joseph P Logan, S.J., Report on Catholic Missions among the Indians, Diocese of Seattle, August 16, 1948	142	(1)
71. Swinomish Tribal Community to Bishop Thomas A. Connolly, March 18, 1971	143	(3)
72. Martin J. Sampson (Skagit) Lectures on Catholicism's Spiritual Power, May 16, 1977	146	(4)
73. Faye LaPointe (Swinomish) to Monsignor Paul A. Lenz, September 26, 1979	150	(1)
74. A Public Declaration to the Tribal Councils and Traditional Spiritual Leaders of the Indian and Eskimo Peoples of the Pacific Northwest: In care of Jewell Praying Wolf James (Lummi), November 21, 1987	151	(2)
75. Joan Staples-Baum (Ojibwa) to Archbishops Raymond Hunthausen and Thomas Murphy, April 20, 1988	153	(1)
76. Robert Joe's Story, "The Deer Named Fish," 1992	154	(3)
Part 3 LEADERSHIP, URBAN MINISTRY, AND INCULTURATION
77. Reverend James Chrysostom Bouchard, S.J. [Watomika], ca. 1850-57	157	(2)
78. Two Letters of Lansing M. Jack (Tuscarora) to Monsignor Stephan, November 9, 1889	159	(2)
79. Albert Negahnquet (Potawatomi), Letters from Urban College, Rome, to His Family and to the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, 1901-3	161	(7)
80. Letters of Reverend Philip B. Gordon [Ti-bish-ko-gi-jik] (Ojibwa), 1913-24	168	(7)
81. Letters from Lakota Candidates, Novices, and Sisters of the Congregation of American Sisters, 1891-93	175	(4)
82. Lizzie Obern's Biographical Sketch of Sister Edwardine Denomie, FS.PA., 1909	179	(2)
83. Small and Big Happenings among the Inuit Sisters of the Snows, 1933-39	181	(2)
84. Geraldine Clifford (Lakota) to Reverend John F Bryde, S.,J., October 28, 1949	183	(2)
85. Sister Anthony Davis, O.S.B.S., on the Uritiins of an Indian Sisterhood in South Dakota, June 1994	185	(1)
86. Reverends René Astruc, S.J., and Louis L. Renner, S.J., Describe William Tyson, the Late Eskimo Deacon, 1994	186	(4)
87. Reverend Zuern, "A Study of the Catholic Potawatomi Indians in Topeka and Their Practice of Religion," March 21, 1958	190	(2)
88. Milwaukee Indians to Archbishop Remben G. Weakland, O.S.B., November 1977	192	(2)
89. Archbishop Weakland to Sister Mary Margaret Troy, S.S.M., December 8, 1977	194	(1)
90. Anita Hamleg to Board Members of the Siggenauk Center, September 25, 1979	195	(1)
91. Proposed Mission Statement for the Siggenauk Interfaith Spiritual Center, January 15, 1989	196	(2)
92. The Story of the LaBelle Family "Spirit" Picture, 2001	198	(2)
93. Transcript of the First Medicine Men and Pastors Meeting, Rosebud Lakota Reservation, February 13, 1973	200	(6)
94. Reverend P Michael Galvan, "Native Catechesis and the Ministry of the Word," 1987	206	(6)
95. Resolution and Statement by the Tekakwitha Conference, March 13, 1987	212	(1)
96. Father John Hascall, O.F.M. Cap., "President's Letter," May 3, 1988	213	(3)
97. Vision Statement of the National Tekakwitha Conference, 1988	216	(2)
98. National Conference of Catholic Bishops, "1992: A Time for Remembering, Reconciling, and Recommitting Ourselves as a People: Pastoral Reflections on the V Centenary and Native American People," 1992	218	(9)
99. Statement of the Association of Native Religious and Clergy, Distributed at the Tekakwitha Conference, Orono, Maine, August 4, 1992	227	(2)
100. Marvin Clifford's Recollections of Kateri Tekakwitha at a South Dakota Mission School, June 1994	229	(1)
101. Jemez Pueblo Elders Joe and Juana Pecos on Saints, Prayers, and Enshrining Tekakwitha in the Southwest, July 1	229	(5)
102. Faith, Prayer, and Devotion of Mark J. Cheresposey in Laguna Pueblo, July 11, 1995	234	(2)
103. Sister Kateri Mitchell, S.S.A., and Reverend John Brioux, OMI., "In Her Footsteps," 1995	236	(1)
104. Native Profession of Faith, Tekakwitha Conference, Kahnawake, Quebec, 1995	237	(4)
References and Suggested Readings	241	(10)
Index	251