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Catholic Mass on the Crow Reservation

December 4, 2007

By Adam Sings In The Timber

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CROW AGENCY, Mont.—On any given Sunday morning on the Crow Reservation, you can find Crows worshipping in a variety of ways.

At St. Dennis Catholic Church, one of the oldest churches in Crow Agency, members gather for Mass, singing hymns in both English and Crow.

Photos and audio in the slideshow were taken at one Mass at St. Dennis. The audio slideshow was originally published by CrowNews.Net and is used with permission.

Adam Sings In The Timber, Crow, is a senior majoring in photojournalism at the University of Montana in Missoula. A graduate of the Freedom Forum's American Indian Journalism Institute, Sings In The Timber has had photo internships at The Virginian-Pilot in Norfolk, Va., and the Billings Gazette and Great Falls Tribune in Montana. In October 2007, he attended the Eddie Adams Workshop, an intense four-day gathering of top photojournalism professionals in New York City and won a scholarship as the top student.

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