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Executive Council Committee on Indigenous Ministry 

Established by Executive Council in 1969, the National Committee on Indian Work and its successor  body, ECIM, have served the Episcopal Church's ministry to, for and with the Indigenous peoples of its dioceses for 32 years. The General Convention of 1997 designated 1997-2007 as "The Decade of Remembrance, Recognition, and  Reconciliation for welcoming Native Peoples into congregational life and developing an outreach partnership among urban Native Peoples." ECIM is an advisory committee to the Office of Native American Ministries.

 


Ms. Cornelia Eaton
Navajoland Area Mission, Province VIII, 2012 ,  Lay Member
E-mail: ckm_eaton@msn.com
Phone: (505) 598-0526 (Home); (505) 327-7549 (Office)

Ms. Carmine Goodhouse
Lay Member ,  North Dakota, Province VI, 2015
E-mail: goodhous@yahoo.com
Phone: (701) 854-3995 (Home); (701) 854-7219 (Office)

Ms. Rachel Tabor Hamilton
Lay Member ,  Maine, Province I, 2015
E-mail: chaplain@whidbey.com
Phone:

The Rev. Rosella Jim
Priest, Member ,  Navajoland Area Mission, Province VIII, 2012
E-mail: hooghan@advantas.net
Phone: (505) 327-7549 (Office)

The Rt. Rev. Rustin Kimsey
Bishop, Member ,  Eastern Oregon, Province VIII
E-mail: rustin@gorge.net
Phone: (541) 296-5628 (Home)

Lee (Lavan) Martin
Lay, Member ,  Central Gulf Coast, Province IV, 2015
E-mail: martinl@frontiernet.net
Phone: (251) 368-8160 (Home)

Mr. Frank Oberly
Lay, Member ,  Oklahoma, Province VII, 2015
E-mail: oberlycpa@gmail.com
Phone: (405) 616-0788

The Rev. Deacon Lewis Powell
Clergy, Member ,  The Rio Grande, Province VII, 2012
E-mail: lp4golf@comcast.net
Phone: (505) 323-8783 (Home); (505) 247-2515 (Office)

The Rt. Rev. Michael Smith
Bishop, Member ,  North Dakota, Province VI
E-mail: bpnodak@aol.com
Phone: (218) 935-5704 (Home); (701) 235-6688 (Office)
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Wilma Standing Bear
Member, 2015
E-mail: charliestandingbear@yahoo.com
Phone: (605) 288-1922

The Rt. Rev. John Tarrant
Bishop, Member ,  South Dakota, Province VI
E-mail: bishop.diocese@midconetwork.com
Phone:

Ms. Erma Jean Vizenor
Lay, Member ,  Minnesota, Province VI, 2012
E-mail: ejviz@whiteearth.com
Phone: (218) 573-3447 (Home); (218) 983-3285 (Office)

The Rev. Deacon Terry L. Star
Deacon, Invitee / Liaison to Executive Council ,  North Dakota, Province VI, 2012
E-mail: terrystar@yahoo.com
Phone: (701) 854-7495

Ms. Sarah Eagle Heart
Lay, Invitee / Staff ,  Central Gulf Coast, Province IV, 2012
E-mail: sceagleheart@yahoo.com
Phone: (850) 456-3518

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Source: Executive Council Committee on Indigenous Ministry

Document Description: At our recent Executive Council’s Committee on Indigenous Ministries’ (ECCIM) meeting at White Earth Nation in Minnesota (May 14-17, 2009) we invited the Rev. Christopher Johnson, staff of the Domestic Poverty Alleviation project of our church, to give us a presentation since the project would emphasize the poverty found on many of the reservations throughout the country and in areas where the church has a unique relationship and history with its indigenous peoples.  Download