Dakota Cross-Bearer is the story of a remarkable man, Harold S.
Jones, a Dakota Indian who rose through the ranks of the Episcopal
Church to become the first Native American bishop of a Christian
church. Born in 1909 and raised on the Santee Reservation in
Nebraska, Jones lost his parents at an early age and was adopted by
his grandparents, who brought him up as a Christian. Each year his
family attended the Niobrara Convocation, a large gathering of
Episcopalians drawn from all of the Siouan communities. Jones
attended Seabury-Western Seminary in Illinois. After graduating he
was assigned to a variety of Native American missions across the
northern plains, including those at Wounded Knee, Oglala, and the
Cheyenne River Reservation as well as the Navajoland mission in the
southwest. Despite encountering discrimination from within the
Episcopal Church throughout his career, in 1971 he was elected
suffragan bishop of the diocese of South Dakota.
Jones's biography sheds light on the importance of Christianity
for the Dakotas and other Native American peoples during the
twentieth century. His story yields interesting insights into the
history of twentieth-century missionary activity among Native
Americans and illuminates instances of conflict and discrimination
within the Episcopal Church, the processes of clerical training and
testing, and the demands of constant relocation.
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