| 1939-1946 |
- Advisory Group of priests to Bishop Aloysius Muench, Fargo, North Dakota
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| 1946-1976 |
- Northern Plains support group of missionary priests
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| 1977 |
- Revitalization of Conference Membership open to Catholic Native Americans and those in ministry with them
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| 1979 |
- Legally incorporated in the State of Montana as a non-profit religious organization. Listed in the Official Catholic Directory.
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| 1980 |
- Beginning of national movement
- Beatification of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha in Rome
- National Center established in Great Falls, Montana
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| 1983 |
- Beginning of international movement
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| 1987 |
- Pope John Paul II's visit with Native American Catholics in Phoenix, Arizona
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| 1989 |
- First Native American Lay Executive Director
- 50th Anniversary of Tekakwitha Conference in Fargo, North Dakota
- Recipient of National Council of Catholic Evangelization Pope Paul VI Award
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| 1991-1992 |
- 130 Adult & Youth Kateri Circles registered with the National Center.
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| 1993 |
- Development of Urban Ministry Outreach Program
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| 1994 |
- Second Native American Lay Executive Director
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| 1995 |
- Pilgrimage to Blessed Kateri's Tomb in Kahnawake, Quebec
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| 1998 |
- First year Annual Conference site was hosted in the South in Memphis, Tennessee
- First Native American woman Executive Director
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| 1999 |
- 60th Anniversary of the National Tekakwitha Conference in Spokane, Washington
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| 2000 |
- Millennium Conference held in Lincoln, Nebraska
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| 2001 |
- Annual Conference hosted in California for the first time
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| 2002 |
- Annual Conference in Michigan, Land of the Great Lakes
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| 2003 |
- Annual Conference returns to South Dakota after 24 years
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| 2005 |
- 66th Annual Tekakwitha Conference returned to Tucson, AZ after 15 years
- 325th Anniversary of Kateri's return to the Creator
- 25th Anniversary of Blessed Kateri's Beatification
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| 2006 |
- 350th Anniversary of Kateri Tekakwitha's birth
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| 2009 |
- 70th Anniversary of the Tekakwitha Conference
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