Indigenous Ministries
Stand Alone with your Spirit
I have been a devotee of Brene Brown for almost two years now. I share with all leaders, the importance of being authentic and the strength in being vulnerable. It’s […]
Teaching Art & Culture in Oklahoma – Choctaw Rev. Jim Kee Rees
My name is Jim Kee-Rees, and I am the Native American Missioner for the Diocese of Oklahoma and Vicar of Whirlwind Mission of the Holy Family in Watonga, Oklahoma. Whirlwind […]
Reflecting on the work of the Indigenous Peoples at the WCC General Assembly
Meeting in Busan, South Korea, October 27-29, 2013 I was humbled and privileged to have been recommended and chosen to attend the World Council of Churches’ General Assembly, and in […]
General Convention Legislation
Indigenous Ministries
Doctrine of Discovery Lament at General Convention
By: Sarah Eagle Heart In 2009, the Episcopal Church became the first church to repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery with several churches following our lead, including the World Council of […]
Doctrine of Discovery Lament Offering 3: Being an Indian in the 21st Century
By: Terry Star Working With Youth My name is Terry Starr, and I’m a deacon serving in the Episcopal Diocese of North Dakota. My parents have always been involved with […]
Doctrine of Discovery Lament Offering 2: Recognition of “Our” Places in the Story
By: Newland Smith My place in the story of this nation is clearly rooted in New England, an unambiguous Exhibit A of a Connecticut Yankee whose eighteenth-century forebear was Hezekiah […]
Doctrine of Discovery Lament Offering 1: Acknowledge & Lament the Past and Present
By: Kathryn Rickert This presentation was given as the third of six offerings in a lament over the Doctrine of Discovery held on Tuesday, July 10, at the 77th General […]
Doctrine of Discovery Lament Offering 5: A Transforming Reality, A New Type of Love
By: Eulogio Quito On behalf of the Central Diocese of the Episcopal Church of Ecuador and my indigenous brothers of the Andes, I greet you with brotherhood, peace, love, and […]
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