GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-34

White Earth Catholic Community
1112 Third Street
Wauben, MN 56589 (physical address)
P.O. Box 57
Ogema, MN 56569 (postal address)

Phone: 218-473-2101
Email: 1112sta@arvig.net

 

St. Ann Church, Waubun, and St. Anne Church, Naytahwaush, White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, have been predominantly Native American (Ojibwa) parishes in the Diocese of Crookston (Archives: Crookston, Minnesota).

St. Anne Church, Naytahwaush:

1891-1900	Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) at St. Benedict’s, White Earth, attended Naytahwaush/ Twin Lakes station (Ojibwa)
1900-1918	Benedictines at St. Joseph's, Beaulieu, attended to Naytahwaush/ Twin Lakes station
1918-1926	Benedictines at St. Theodore’s, Ponsford, established and attended to St. Anne Mission (Ojibwa)
1926-1934	Benedictines at St. Catherine’s, Cass Lake, attended to St. Anne’s
1934	Benedictines at Immaculate Conception, Red Lake, attended to St. Anne’s
1934-1939	Benedictines at St. Michael's, Mahnomen, attended to St. Anne’s
1939-1950	Benedictines at St. Joseph's, Beaulieu, attended to St. Anne’s
1950-1976	Benedictines administered St. Anne Mission
1976-1979	Benedictines at St. Joseph's, Beaulieu, attended to St. Anne’s
1979-1980s	Became a parish; Benedictines administered St. Anne Church
1980s-present	Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Archives: Washington, D.C.) have administered St. Anne’s

Benedictines at St. Anne's attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions:

1950-1958 (closed)	Daigles Mill station
1950-1958 (closed)	Wild Rice Reserve station
1950-1959 (transferred to St. Michael's, Mahnomen)	St. Agnes Mission, Island Lake
1950-1976 (transferred to St. Benedict's, White Earth)	St. Francis Cabrini Mission, Big Elbow Lake 1958-1968 Rodwell Nursing Home
1979-1980	St. Francis Cabrini Mission, Big Elbow Lake

Oblates of Mary Immaculate from St. Anne's have attended St. Francis Cabrini Mission, Big Elbow Lake, 1980-present.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1915-ongoing

Volume: At least .5 cubic foot

Description: Sacramental records; see also Most Holy Redeemer Church, Ogema, Minnesota

 

/1 St. Anne's, Naytahwaush, and its attended Indian missions and stations,

Inclusive dates: 1934-ongoing

Volume: At least 3 volumes

Description: Records from 1934-1950, when St. Anne's Mission was administered by Benedictines from Mahnomen and Beaulieu, have been kept at St. Anne's; baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1934-ongoing; first communions, 1935-ongoing; confirmations, 1939-ongoing.

 

/2 St. Ann’s, Waubun

Inclusive dates: 1915-ongoing

Volume: At least .3 cubic foot

Description: All sacramental records have been kept at St. Anne’s

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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