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May 4, 1493
Papal Bull Pope Alexander VI
We ... by the authority of Almighty God ... give, grant, and assign to you and your heirs and successors, kings of Castile and Leon, forever, all islands and main lands found and to be found, discovered and to be discovered, towards the west and south, ... from the Arctic pole ... to the Antarctic pole ... And we make, appoint, and depute you and your said heirs and successors lords of them with full and free power, authority, and jurisdiction of every kind. -
Chieftain Manteo Baptized
First Baptized Indian in the Church of England -
Jamestown Founded
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Bishop John Henry Hobart Consecrated
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First Episcopal Indian Mission
Bishop John Henry Hobart initiates his Indian Mission with the Oneida in New York. The fisrt Indian Mission of the Protestent Episcopal Church -
St. Peter's Consecrated
Oneida First Church Consecrated -
Oneida Move to Wisconsin
In 1822 the Oneida acquired from the Menominee Tribe a 100-Square mile reservation located at Duck Creek, 10 miles west of Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 1823 Eleazar Williams accompanied Chief Skenandoah and the Oneida to their new home. -
First Church In Wisconsin
in 1825 the first church building in all Wisconsin was erected, Hobart Church. In 1825 Bishop Hobart made the long journey from New York to visit the Oneida and consecrate the hand-hewn log church. -
Jackson Kemper First Missionary Bishop
Bishop Kemper made his first visit to the Oneida in 1838 -
3 Deacons head west to evangelize in Wisconsin
James Lloyd Breck, William Adams and John Henry Hobard Jr. -
Enmegahbowh marries Iron Sky Woman (Charlotte)
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James Breck and William Adams Ordained to Priesthood
One of Kemper's Visits to the Oneida was to ordain two young deacons to the priesthood, James Lloyed Breck and Wiiam Adams the founders of Nashotah House. -
James Lloyd Breck and others reach Minnesota
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Enmegahbowh ordained a Deacon
Enmegahbowh (One who stands before his people) was also midewin and methodist. -
Bishop Whipple Consecrated
Bishop Henry Bemjamin Whipple Consecrated (Apostle to the Indians) First Episcopal Bishop of Minnesota and Advocate for American Indians. Ojibwe called him "Straight Tongue" -
Dakota Uprising/War Begins
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Dakota Uprising/War
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Dakota uprising 307 Sentenced to be hanged
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Dakota 38 Executed
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First Indian Priest Enmegahbowh
Enmegahbowh was ordained by Bishop Whipple -
First Niobrara Convocation
Took the place of sun dance -
Missionary District of Niobrara established
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Grant's Peace Policy Apportionment
Denominations were assigned to reservations -
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Gran'ts Peace Policy Apportionment
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Niobrara Cross Created and Used
Since 1873 every confirmand recieves this cross designed by Bishop Hare -
William Hobart Hare Consecrated Bishop of Niobrara
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Custer Killed at Battle of Little Big Horn
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Indian Religion and Cultural Practices Outlawed
Indian Religious Crimes Code. Secretary of the Interior Teller -
Chief Cornelius Hill (Great Medicine) Ordained a Deacon
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376 Killed at wounded knee massacre
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Chief Cornelius Hill (Great Medicine) Ordained a Priest
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Bishop Harold S. Jones Consecrated
First American Indian Bishop -
Indian clergy required to recieve equal pay
Bishop Anderson made this decree shortly after his consecration -
Bishop Hopkins goes "on the Hill"
Bishop Harold S. Hopkins Jr. First Bishop to Cry for a Vision -
Enmegahbowh declared a saint
