Elizabeth+K.+-+I+am+Kateri+Tekakwitha

I am Kateri Tekakwitha, a Mohawk girl Indian. She isn't that well known to many people and that is one of the reasons why I chose her for my I am project. Before my research, I didn't know anything about her. After researching, the first thing I found out about her was that she was born in 1656 in New York. As I researched on, I found many events that made her unique and extraordinary. She died at a very early age (24) and it was because of her bad health she got from the smallpox when she was young. There were informations about her but not enough to answer all the questions I came across during the research. Some question that came to my mind while researching was "What event led to her being adopted by a Mohawk Leader, and did that help her at all?" Usually, I can see that leaders are very powerful in the community of Indian tribes so I wondered if it helped Kateri Tekakwitha in any way. Also, since she became an orphan after the spread of smallpox in her town, I was wondering why and how the Mohawk Leader found her and decided to help her. I guess because she isn't well known as Abraham Lincoln or George Washington, many of the answer to the questions I have can only be answered by opinions or not even be answered. Even with the lack of informations I had, I still wanted to continue to research and find evidence to my small questions because she was such an unusual person or an Indian young girl. Other minor questions I had about her was like "How did Kateri Tekakwitha influence other Native Americans or Indians? and "Did Kateri Tekakwitha have Indian followers when making a settlement?" But there was a major question I had. My primary question is**: Why did Kateri Tekakwitha start to believe in Christianity when it wasn't a popular thing to do.**

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Primary Sources- No Primary Sources, so I have to depend on Secondary Sources.