Kateri Tekakwitha
E228301
17th-century person
Algonquin person
Catholic convert
Mohawk person
Native American saint
Roman Catholic saint
human
Kateri Tekakwitha was a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman who converted to Catholicism and became the first Native American saint canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kateri Tekakwitha canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2058446 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kateri Tekakwitha Context triple: [Mohawk people, notablePerson, Kateri Tekakwitha]
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A.
Ganienkeh
Ganienkeh is a self-governing Mohawk community in upstate New York established as a reclaimed traditional territory emphasizing Indigenous sovereignty and cultural revival.
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B.
The Great Peacemaker
The Great Peacemaker is the legendary spiritual leader credited with uniting the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations under a single confederacy based on principles of peace, unity, and collective governance.
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C.
Sequoyah
Sequoyah was a Cherokee silversmith and scholar best known for creating the Cherokee syllabary, a writing system that enabled widespread literacy among the Cherokee people.
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D.
Tall Chief
Tall Chief is the surname of Maria Tallchief, the pioneering Native American prima ballerina who became one of the most celebrated figures in 20th-century ballet.
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E.
Tecumseh
Tecumseh was a prominent Shawnee leader who forged a large Native American confederacy and allied with the British in resisting U.S. expansion during the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kateri Tekakwitha Target entity description: Kateri Tekakwitha was a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman who converted to Catholicism and became the first Native American saint canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
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A.
Ganienkeh
Ganienkeh is a self-governing Mohawk community in upstate New York established as a reclaimed traditional territory emphasizing Indigenous sovereignty and cultural revival.
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B.
The Great Peacemaker
The Great Peacemaker is the legendary spiritual leader credited with uniting the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations under a single confederacy based on principles of peace, unity, and collective governance.
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C.
Sequoyah
Sequoyah was a Cherokee silversmith and scholar best known for creating the Cherokee syllabary, a writing system that enabled widespread literacy among the Cherokee people.
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D.
Tall Chief
Tall Chief is the surname of Maria Tallchief, the pioneering Native American prima ballerina who became one of the most celebrated figures in 20th-century ballet.
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E.
Tecumseh
Tecumseh was a prominent Shawnee leader who forged a large Native American confederacy and allied with the British in resisting U.S. expansion during the early 19th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
17th-century person
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Algonquin person ⓘ Catholic convert ⓘ Mohawk person ⓘ Native American saint ⓘ Roman Catholic saint ⓘ human ⓘ |
| ageAtDeath | 24 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Catherine Tekakwitha
ⓘ
Lily of the Mohawks ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Jesuits in New France
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surface form:
Jesuit missionaries in New France
Kahnawake Mohawk mission ⓘ |
| baptismDate | 1676 ⓘ |
| baptismName | Catherine ⓘ |
| baptismPlace |
Fonda, New York
ⓘ
surface form:
Fonda, New York region (Mohawk mission)
|
| beatificationDate | 1980-06-22 ⓘ |
| beatificationPlace |
St. Peter's Basilica
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
|
| beatifiedBy | Pope John Paul II ⓘ |
| canonizationDate | 2012-10-21 ⓘ |
| canonizationPlace |
St. Peter's Square
ⓘ
surface form:
St. Peter's Square, Vatican City
|
| canonizedBy | Pope Benedict XVI ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | illness ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | New France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1656 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1680 ⓘ |
| devotionalTitle | Lily of the Mohawks ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Algonquin
ⓘ
Mohawk ⓘ |
| familyName | Tekakwitha ⓘ |
| father | Mohawk chief ⓘ |
| feastDay | July 14 ⓘ |
| givenName | Kateri ⓘ |
| mother |
Algonquin Christian woman
ⓘ
Tagaskouita ⓘ |
| notableFor |
conversion to Catholicism among the Mohawk
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devotion to chastity and prayer ⓘ first Native American canonized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church ⓘ |
| patronage |
Indigenous peoples of North America
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Native Americans ⓘ ecology ⓘ environment ⓘ people in exile ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Mohawk village near present-day Auriesville, New York
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Ossernenon ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kahnawà:ke
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surface form:
Kahnawake
Mohawk mission village south of Montreal ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| tookVowOfChastity | 1679 ⓘ |
| veneratedIn |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic Church
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kateri Tekakwitha Description of subject: Kateri Tekakwitha was a 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman who converted to Catholicism and became the first Native American saint canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.