A statue of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha stands amid trees on the grounds of the shrine dedicated to her in Fonda, N.Y., July 14, her U.S. feast day. he 17th-century Mohawk-Algonquin woman will become the first member of a North American tribe to be declared a saint when she is canonized Oct. 21. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec) (July 16, 2012) See KATERI-FEAST July 16, 2012.