St. Kateri Tekakwitha Scholarship first began when the NAMO decided something needed to be done to help Native American children attending Catholic School.
During September, the Catholic Diocese of Richmond hosted a Native American Retreat. This was an opportunity to learn, deepen, and celebrate Native American Spirituality.
Fr. John Paul Trask, associate pastor at the Cheyenne River Pastoral Ministry Center, has spent many hours researching archival land records on Catholic Church properties.