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CONAM gathering to learn about missing, murdered Native women
The Eastern PA Conference Committee on Native American Ministries (CONAM) will sponsor its annual Spring worship service, along with a light supper and fellowship, at Camp Innabah on Sunday, April… Read more
Elouise Cobell: Native leader took the U.S. to court and won
By Sherry Wack* Most people know about the Trail of Tears, the forced removal of Native Americans from their traditional homes in the Eastern U.S. Actually, there were many Trails… Read more
The International Year of Indigenous Languages
The United Nations has declared that 2019 is the “International Year of Indigenous Languages.” (Check it out on www.en.iyil2019.org). Studies have shown… Read more
History Revisited
Every October when I was in grade school we sang the same song: “In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” I learned about this brave sailor, who challenged the thinking of the time that the earth was flat… Read more
Sharing Native American worship, culture, history
The Eastern PA Conference Committee on Native American Ministry (CONAM) will celebrate Native American Ministries Sunday, April 15, 4-6 PM, at Camp Innabah (712 Pughtown Road, Spring City), with a… Read more
CONAM sends help in Montana snow emergency
Heavy snow–70 to 80 inches high–and 70 to 80 miles-per-hour wind gusts have created an emergency on the Blackfeet Tribal Reservation in Montana, where about 7,500 people live in10 communities… Read more
Wilma Mankiller
Sherry Wack, CSM, a member of Evansburg UMC and vice-chair of the Eastern PA Conference Committee on Native American Ministry, kindly sent us this inspiring essay about Native American history-maker… Read more
Witnesses feel painful ‘Loss of Turtle Island’
The Loss of Turtle Island was a poignant historical journey that opened the eyes, ears, minds and hearts of those who experienced it on Sunday evening, Nov. 12, at Innabah… Read more
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month
Exchanging gifts is an honored tradition for many Native American peoples. Sherry Wack will exchange the gift of visitation on Sunday, Nov. 19, when she leads her congregation in celebrating Native American Ministries Sunday… Read more
“My involvement with CONAM”
By Sherry Wack Co-chair of the Committee on Native American Ministries I Joined The United Methodist Church on November 6, 2010, when I married Dennis Wack. The following autumn our… Read more
