1. Provide hands-on outreach by witnessing for and building awareness of the contemporary needs, values and traditions of Native American cultures in the US and Canada.
2. Contribute to education and theological development of leadership within Native American communities.
3. Support initiatives to empower Native American societies and ministries related to life needs, cultural sustainability and spiritual growth within Native American values.
   

Note: Listed below is a partial list of the grants that Christ Church Cathedral awarded to Native American ministries last year.

White Earth Reservation Parishes: $4,700. These grants are directed to the four Episcopal churches on the White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota - St. Columba, $1,000; Breck Memorial Mission, $1,000; Samuel Memorial Mission, $1,700; and St. Philip's Mission, $1,000. The grants contribute toward the NAC goal to establish a collaborative relationship with the White Earth Total Ministry Team.

Restoration of St. Emaghabow's Bible: $4,000. St. Enmegahbowh (en-meh-GAH'-bow - "he that prays [for his people while] standing)" of White Earth was the first ordained Native American Episcopal priest. The NAC agreed to cover the cost of the restoration of his bible when representatives visited the reservation last summer. Megan Emery, a member of NAC, is overseeing the work. When complete, the bible will be dedicated in a ceremony held at the cathedral before being returned to White Earth.

Lilly Ann Begaye, Navajoland: $1,671. The Lansley Fund has long supported the work of Lilly Anne Begaye, a social worker for the Navajo Nation. In the past, the fund has provided for a new truck, repairs, materials and supplies to assist the elderly, poor and handicapped living in the vast and desolate backcountry of the Navajoland. The 2011 grant covered the costs of truck repairs, a new chainsaw, supplies and resources to purchase supplemental propane for heating, hay for livestock and citrus as Christmas gifts for the families Lilly Anne serves.

Support for Delegates: $2,295. This grant covered some of the travel costs for some of the cathedral members participating as delegates in the Council to Wintertalk in New Mexico and Paths Crossing in Utah, as well as for the expenses for those traveling to White Earth Reservation in Minnesota.

Library Donation

The Native American Council of Christ Church Cathedral has donated a collection of new books on Native Americans, their culture, religion and rights to the church library. The titles include:
Behind the Trail of Broken Tears: An Indian Declaration of Independence
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
God is Red: A Native View of Religion
If It Takes a Village
IndiVisble: African-Native American Lives in the Americas
Last Standing Woman
Mankiller: A Chief and Her People
Mediations with the Navajo
Tales of the North American Indians
The Book of the Navajo
The Rights of Indians and Tribes: The Authoritative ACLU Guide
Wisdomkeepers: Meetings with Native American Spiritual Elders

The books are located on the freestanding shelves under the weaving loom near the center of the library. Any of the titles may be checked out by members of the congregation for two weeks.