The Reverend Rachel Taber-Hamilton

The Reverend Rachel Taber-Hamilton is an Indigenous ordained priest in the Episcopal Church. As a Shackan First Nation person, she represents the Episcopal Church on the board of the Anglican Indigenous Network and was part of the project team for the Anglican Indigenous Network video series, “Prophetic Indigenous Voices on the Planetary Crisis.” She served on the Episcopal Church delegation to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and on the Presiding Bishop’s delegation to United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26 and COP28). She has written articles addressing Indigenous concerns for the Anglican Theological Journal that include “The Necessity of Native American Autonomy for Successful Partnerships” (1994) and “When Creation is Sacred” (2021). She maintains her blog, Greening Spirit, addressing environmental issues and social justice concerns towards renewing human relationships with creation and with one another. Rachel is currently the Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church in Everett, WA and serves as the Vice President of the House of Deputies of the Episcopal Church General Convention.