Anglican Indigenous Network - News

Ecumenical Panel kicks off UN forum on indigenous issues

Tue, 08 May 2012 15:36:00 --0100

The Ecumenical Panel, with Episcopal Church missioner for indigenous ministries Sarah Eagle Heart serving as moderator, began with the screening of a video that explores the lasting impact of the Doctrine of Discovery. [More]

Tears and laughter for Hone Kaa, Anglican priest and child advocate

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:01:00 --0100

After a short illness, the Ven Dr Hone Kaa has died in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. Dr Kaa’s 50-year career included parish ministry, broadcasting, local and international activism, teaching and child advocacy. [More]

Australian Aboriginal archdeacon supports reconciliation

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:25:00 --0100

The Anglican Church in Australia's first female indigenous archdeacon, Karen Kime, said she sees her role as improving communication with the nation's aboriginal communities and supporting reconciliation with the church and the wider society. [More]

World Council of Churches disowns doctrine used against Indigenous Peoples

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:07:00 --0100

In a recent meeting, the World Council of Churches (WCC) Executive Committee denounced the ‘Doctrine of Discovery’, which has been used to subjugate and colonise Indigenous Peoples. The Executive Committee issued a statement calling the nature of the doctrine ‘fundamentally opposed to the gospel of Jesus’. [More]

New Indigenous ministries coordinator for the Anglican Church of Canada

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 11:04:00 --0100

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. [More]

Anglican Church of Canada: A cry for Indigenous self-determination

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:33:00 --0100

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. [More]

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Anglican Council to host gathering

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 15:09:00 --0100

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. [More]

New Executive Director for the Indigenous Theological Training Institute

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:53:00 --0100

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). [More]

Indigenous Anglican leaders in northern Manitoba commit to developing an area mission

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:51:00 --0100

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. [More]

World Council of Churches 'Living Letters' team stands in solidarity with Aboriginal Peoples

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 12:26:00 --0100

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). [More]

Canada: Canon 22 establishes self-determining national indigenous ministry

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:14:00 --0100

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. [More]

The Episcopal Church: Indigenous gathering calls for full inclusion and recognition of past wrongs

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:36:00 --0100

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. [More]

The Episcopal Church: 'Oklahoma IV' consultation for indigenous ministries

Mon, 24 May 2010 13:45:00 --0100

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'. [More]

Indigenous Oji-Cree Archdeacon Lydia Mamakwa elected first area bishop

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:29:00 --0100

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. [More]

Canadian elected as secretary general of the Anglican Indigenous Network

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:32:00 --0100

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). [More]