TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — On St. John the Baptist’s feast day in late June, an extended Tohono O’odham family attends Mass out at their desert camp, where they gather to harvest saguaro fruit in ...

A Tohono O'odham family integrates Catholic and Native beliefs in the Arizona desert The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and ...

The history of encounters between Catholicism and Native spirituality has often been marred by violence and oppression. But many Tohono O’odham families hold onto both faith traditions in the ...