Vatican readying for Mohawk Saint Kateri Tekakwitha

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On Sunday, Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk woman who was born in the U.S. but who lived in Kahnawake, Que. until she died in 1680, will become a saint on Sunday, the first native from North America to be canonized.

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