June 22 In 1980, Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk woman, became the first North American Indigenous person to become a candidate for sainthood. Known as the “Lily of the Mohawks,” she was born in what is now New York state in 1656. She was persecuted after being baptized in 1676 and she left home for a Christian native village at what is now Kahnawake. There she became known for her sanctity. She died in 1680. Numerous miracles have been reported at her shrine in Kahnawake. (In 2012, she was made Canada’s first native saint.) June 23 In 1683, English Quaker William Penn signed his famous treaty with the “Indians” of Pennsylvania that became a universal symbol of religious and civil liberties. In 1990, the deadline for ratifying the Meech Lake accord…
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