The Lily of the Mohawks takes root in the desert

News: St. Kateri Tekakwitha

Gallup, New Mexico is in many respects a fairly ordinary American small city. The smell of southwestern spice wafts off a food truck sitting beside the train station and local cultural center. Stray dogs roam lazily some of the silent streets. Gaudy storefronts advertise to tourists, with famous bits of the region’s culture, Wild West and American India…