Because
you may not understand, I did not wish to write this blog posting however, it
will not go away!
Kateri
a Native American Sainthood Or A Tale Of Crass Hagiography?
I
have been avoiding this subject for over a month now knowing that I would lose
many visitors, Catholic friends and some relations!
Yes,
one should feel for this saintly little girl, saintly because of the age when
inflected with all of those deceases!
The
Iroquois Confederacy, my Mohawk brothers always took great pride in showing me
what they say is the only war won by the Mohican people against them, thinking
that I am Mohican and not Mohegan?
The Mohawk people are my friends and relitions.
After
first contact there has been many of our people suffered while caring for their
people, plus after the Christian Europeans spread Smallpox and many other
infections, used as weapons, while conquering our people, many more have
suffered.
This
young lady along with all of Native Americans are a blessing from Creator, so
in our own way, in our own beliefs and in our own ceremonies we care for our
people, this is the Native American way and it is not a European religious way!
There
is nothing in our belief to place a person up equal with Creator, all of our
people are as equal in the eyes of Creator!
As
that write reported “Catholicism conquered, tortured, appropriated, coerced,
enslaved, obfuscated, diminished, denied, humiliated our people”.
Why
then would our people wish to be offered up in a Christian ceremony?
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