Kateri - A Beacon in the Wilderness : Diamonds Big as Radishes LLC : 9781734366600 : 1734366605 : 08 Jul 2021 : The incredible true story of Kateri Tekakwitha, first Native American (Indigenous) Saint and the tumultuous time in which she lived.Orphaned, scarred, and nearly blinded by the white man's smallpox (1660), a young Mohawk girl lives quietly in her uncle's longhouse. As chief of the Turtle Clan, her uncle Cold Wind leads warriors to resist invasions of the French. Tekakwitha (meaning "she who gropes her way" due to her poor eyesight) perfects skills of embroidery and wampum-weaving. Eruptions of war and the treatment of prisoners trouble and sadden her, but she keeps her sorrow to herself. Her silent endurance and humility hide a strong will, and against great pressure, she refuses her uncle's command that she marry. Kryn, a half-Dutch warrior chief, commissions an embroidered ceremonial robe and a wampum belt to the seal the peace with the governor of New France and Tekakwi