John J. Brown, S.J. (also known as Ksistaki-Poka), was an American Roman Catholic priest and educator. A Blackfoot man, he was the first full-blooded Native American ordained to the Catholic priesthood.
Brown grew up in the eastern United States and attended Catholic school in Philadelphia and Browning, Montana.[1] He continued his studies at Loyola University Chicago where he earned a degree in theology.[2] He joined the Jesuit order and was ordained on June 16, 1948, at St. Ignatius Mission in Montana.[3]
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edit- ^ Bond, Rowland (August 29, 1955). "Picturing Indian as Savage is Misleading, Priest Says". Spokane Daily Chronicle.
- ^ Vecsey, Christopher (1999). Where the two roads meet. Notre Dame, Ind: Univ. of Notre Dame Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780268019570.
- ^ Our Negro and Indian missions: Annual report of the secretary of the Commission for the Catholic Missions among Colored People and the Indians. Catholic Church Commission for Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the Indians. 1926. p. 28. OCLC 1642084.
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