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A Lily Among Thorns: The Mohawk Repatriation of Káteri Tekahkwí:tha

The Jesuits had to learn Mohawk.  They didn’t force us to learn French.  They borrowed names and concepts from our creation story to teach us their story.  Karonhià:ke, the Mohawk name for Sky World, became the Mohawk word for heaven in the Lord’s Prayer.  This was not just a linguistic shortcut, but a conceptual bridgeContinue reading “A Lily Among Thorns: The Mohawk Repatriation of Káteri Tekahkwí:tha”

Posted byCatherine AddingtonJanuary 25, 2016Posted inUncategorizedTags:a lily among thorns, darren bonaparte, history, kateri tekakwitha, mohawk, native, read the whole thing ppl, saints, team jesus, this is the first account of her life that doesn't make me cringe, women in historyLeave a comment on A Lily Among Thorns: The Mohawk Repatriation of Káteri Tekahkwí:tha
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