On Oct. 21, 2012, Sister Kateri Tekakwitha (Mohawk-Algonquin), also known as Lily of the Mohawks, will be canonized at the Vatican in Rome, Italy, by Pope Benedict XVI. The event is an important one for Native Americans as Kateri will become America’s first indigenous saint - Joanne Shenandoah, of the Wolf Clan, Oneida, Iroquois Confederacy, and the Shenandoah Trio, which features her daughter Leah and sister Diana, have been invited to perform at the ceremony
