John J. Brown
American Roman Catholic priest and educator / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John J. Brown, S.J. (also known as Ksistaki-Poka), was an American Roman Catholic priest and educator. A Blackfoot man, he was the first full-blooded Native American ordained to the Catholic priesthood.
Brown grew up in the eastern United States and attended Catholic school in Philadelphia and Browning, Montana.[1] He continued his studies at Loyola University Chicago where he earned a degree in theology.[2] He joined the Jesuit order and was ordained on June 16, 1948, at St. Ignatius Mission in Montana.[3]