History of the United States I / Unit 3 USH1 0315 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Kateri Tekakwitha
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The idea
Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk convert, impressed the priests with her piety. Claude Chauchetière sought her canonisation.
In practice
Church leaders refusing to elevate a savage to such status. She was canonised in twenty twelve.
Where people slip
The anchor judges that the French pressured Native people to convert and virtually never saw them as equals.
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