Kateri Tekakwitha

                Kateri Tekakwitha was the daughter of a Mohawk chief named Kennorkwa, and a Roman Catholic Algonquin named Tagaskouita. Kateri was pressured to get married around the age of thirteen but she refused.  She was a modest girl who didn't go out to social gatherings. She used a blanket to cover her head because she had smallpox scars. Kateri was skilled at traditional women's arts. She was able to make clothing and belts from animal skins, weaving mats, baskets and boxes from reeds and grasses. In 1675, at the age of eighteen, Kateri met Jesuit Father Jacques de Lamberville and started to study catechism with him. During the Holy Week, in 1679, people started to notice Kateri getting weaker, she was failing. When people knew she had few hours left, villagers and priests gathered around he. She died on April 17, 1680 at the age of 24. Kateri's last words were "I will love you in heaven".

By: Megan