Jul'26 news
"A Christian church has refused to leave a Native American reservation after its pastor condemned traditional tribal spiritual practices during a sermon, sparking protests and demands for an apology"
"The dispute has exposed longstanding tensions between Christian missionary activity and Indigenous religious traditions on tribal lands. Tribal leaders and community members say the pastor's remarks denigrated sacred cultural practices and have called on the church to apologize or leave the reservation, while church officials have defended their right to preach their religious beliefs"
“You just don’t go into somebody’s homeland and talk about their beliefs, and mock their beliefs, and cut their beliefs down,”
“It feels like history repeating itself, with attempts to erase and discredit our traditional way of life,”
“They still think that they’re saving us… as Indigenous peoples… (they are) still trying to indoctrinate us, which is wrong,”
“This is 2026, and they still have the mentality of ‘kill the Indian, save the man.'”
newsweek.com/church-says-nat…