The Revd Canon Virginia ‘Ginny’ Doctor, a Mohawk from the Six Nations and canon to the ordinary for the Episcopal diocese of Alaska, is the new indigenous ministries coordinator for the Anglican Church of Canada.
Finding new Indigenous models of governance is emotionally charged work in the Anglican Church of Canada. That's why members of the Council of General Synod (COGS) will be receiving the Mississauga Declaration, a cry for self-determination, alongside other governance updates at its meeting 18 to 20 November.
In spite of the devastating floods that wrecked homes, businesses and farmland along the east coast of Australia during December and January, the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Council (NATSIAC) is determined to host the 12th gathering of the Anglican Indigenous Network in May this year. Members of the Network will be welcomed to the Salvation Army Collaroy Centre on the coast north of Sydney, New South Wales.
On 1 March 2011 Martha Allen joined the Indigenous Theological Training Institute (ITTI) as Executive Director. Martha is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Lakota) in South Dakota and was raised an Episcopalian in Native churches throughout the US (her father was an Episcopal priest).
Indigenous Anglican leaders in northern Manitoba have committed to developing an area mission that would include sections from the dioceses of Brandon and Keewatin. At a Feb. 12 meeting in Opaskwayak Cree Nation, Man., representatives from 25 Anglican churches agreed that by Dec. 31, 2011, they would raise more than $34,000, establish a regional sacred circle gathering, and elect a bishop.
At the invitation of the National Council of Churches of Australia (NCCA) and the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Ecumenical Commission (NATSIEC) to the World Council of Churches (WCC) a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Christians have recently visited the Aboriginal Peoples of the Northern Territory in Australia as a 'Living Letter' (12-17 September 2010).
In what was described as an “historic moment” the General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada on June 9 approved the introduction of a new canon law that firmly establishes a self-determining national indigenous ministry within the church.
The sacred fire burned on the campus of the University of the South May 27-31 as indigenous clergy, laity, and bishops whose ministry includes native peoples gathered for the Oklahoma IV 2010 Consultation.
Indigenous clergy, laity, and bishops whose ministry includes native peoples will gather May 27 - 31 2010 in Sewanee, Tennessee, for the Oklahoma IV 2010 Consultation entitled 'The Present and Future of Indigenous Leadership in the Episcopal Church'.
Using a time-honored tradition of standing behind the nominee of their choice, delegates from 16 native communities in the Diocese of Keewatin's northern Ontario region elected Archdeacon Lydia Mamakwa as their first area bishop on March 6.
Donna Bomberry, indigenous ministries co-ordinator for the Anglican Church of Canada’s General Synod, has been elected as the new secretary general of the Anglican Indigenous Network (AIN).
A call for First Nation, Métis and Inuit aged 16 to 19 to develop their media skills while preserving the age-old tradition of storytelling. If you are interested in or have experience in storytelling, if you enjoy new media and are willing to learn, then read on
Malcolm Naea Chun, secretary general of the Anglican Indigenous Network, addressed Sacred Circle on Aug. 13, 2009.
A native Hawaiian from the Episcopal Church has strongly encouraged indigenous Anglicans gathered in Port Elgin, Ontario to pursue their dream of building a self-determining indigenous Anglican church in Canada.
On Aug. 6 National Indigenous Anglican Bishop Mark MacDonald and Archbishop Terry Finlay, the Primate's special envoy on residential schools, will attend a rally to support the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) in their challenge of Ontario's Bill 191: the Far North Act. The act will dictate the land use planning process in NAN territory.