
I think it is fair to say that Ti-bish-ko-gi-jik or Father Philip B. Gordon of the Ojibwe tribe in Northern Wisconsin was not forgotten since he was never really remembered. I have lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota since 1965 and I never heard of the first North American Catholic priest who was also a Native American. A friend of mine told me about the attached article which is a compilation of stories and a short biography of Reverend Gordon written by Paula Delfeld in 1977. I am always amazed by the lack of history for Black Americans but it is probably true that Native Americans are equally forgotten in our American educational system. Call me naïve but I always thought history was supposed to be unbiased and objective and inclusive. I am still waking up to the fact that it never was. The following link includes some interesting pictures and…
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