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She Was Born In A Tent During Her Dad's Archaeological Excavation, And She Went On To Become The First Female Native American Archaeologist

Bertha Parker is known as a history-maker for being the first female Native American archaeologist of Abenaki and Seneca descent. Her path to earning this title was rather unconventional, but the ...
Newsday

Alaska Native woman, 'everybody's helper,' is Orthodox church's first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife of an ...
Rapid City Journal

Annual event to honor first female Native American saint comes back to Rapid City

An annual Catholic gathering that honors the first female Native American saint in the Catholic Church will be held in Rapid City this week. The 78th annual National Tekakwitha Conference will be July ...
Gulf Live

Alaska Native woman, ‘everybody’s helper,’ is Orthodox church’s first female North American saint

KWETHLUK, Alaska (AP) — It was in the dusty streets and modest homes of this remote Alaska Native village that Olga Michael quietly lived her entire life as a midwife and a mother of 13. As the wife ...