Native Americans Archives

‘Justice system is working,’ archbishop says about toppled statue case

Feb 23, 2021

Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of San Francisco said the “justice system is working” is a statement issued late Feb. 19 following the arraignment of five people on charges of felony vandalism for toppling a St. Junipero Serra statue outside a Catholic church Oct. 12, 2020.

By Catholic News Service

In struggling tribal lands, vaccines have offered relief lacking in urban areas

Feb 23, 2021

As news spread of COVID-19’s toll on vulnerable populations, the health of 73-year-old great-grandmother Carol Craig was of great concern to her 8-year-old great-granddaughter.

By Rhina Guidos

Mass offered for healing of Native Americans hurt by ‘historical trauma’

Dec 10, 2020

The Catholic Church can offer a message of healing to Native peoples through a new and inculturated evangelization that shares the hope expressed by Jesus in the Gospel, the executive director of the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions said at a Mass celebrating the feast of St. Juan Diego.

By Dennis Sadowski

Depression, stress hitting Navajo nation during pandemic, priest says

Nov 24, 2020

Everyday Father Dale Jamison holds a private Mass for three to five parishioners at the St. Mary Mission church in New Mexico, located on the Navajo Reservation.

By John Lavenburg

Church sex abuse lawsuit by Navajo man targets diocese in Arizona, Indiana

Oct 2, 2020

An Arizona man who says he was sexually abused by an Indiana priest more than 40 years ago sued church officials in both states Thursday, saying they allowed the priest into a Navajo Nation school despite his predatory history.

By Associated Press

Catholics denounce scheduled federal execution of Navajo tribe member

Aug 26, 2020

Catholic leaders have joined their voices with members of the Navajo Nation in opposing the Aug. 26 scheduled execution of Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row.

By Carol Zimmermann

Tribe, economy, even cemeteries hurt as virus hits Choctaws

Aug 6, 2020

As confirmed coronavirus cases skyrocket in Mississippi, the state’s only federally recognized American Indian tribe has been devastated. COVID-19 has ripped through Choctaw families, many of whom live together in multigenerational homes.

By Leah Willingham