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Guide to Catholic Records about Native Americans in the United States

Notable Native Churches, Schools, Special Ministries and Organizations

This list of select Native Guide entries corresponds with the notable Native Catholic churches, schools, special ministries, and related dioceses and organizations documented in the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records (multiple series, e.g. correspondence, photography, reports, publications) and other Native America special collections at Marquette University. The linked guide entries provide the names and current contact information of these institutions, chronologies of history highlights, and summaries of the Native Catholic archival records they held when reviewed by Marquette University archivists. The chronologies illuminate the archival record by noting when these organizations and ministries opened and closed, the tribal or ethnic affiliation of their Native participants, the diocesan and/or religious community affiliation of the associated Catholic groups, and the major disasters and transitions that affected the continuity and survival of the records. Some notable individuals and organizations, who often were record creators, are also identified. Knowledge of the principal record creators is often crucial in identifying, locating and navigating pertinent Catholic records within Marquette's Native America Collections and elsewhere.

Inclusion in this list does not guarantee that Marquette collections alone will provide sufficient documentation for researching a class paper based on one of these subject categories. Researchers must make their own determinations by reviewing all evidence in consultation with the archivist and their instructor. From the Native Guide entries, the information on records creators provide crucial key words for search box strategies. See this Search and Search Tips page for "how-to" procedures. If insufficient material is found on a topic as originally planned, it may be advantageous to reformulate and/or to consider related archival holdings at other nearby repositories, which are described in their respective Native Guide entries.

State/ Communities/ Places	Churches, Schools, Special Ministries, Dioceses, Organizations	Native American Ethnic Groups/ Tribes
Alaska	-	-
Fairbanks	Catholic Church. Diocese of Fairbanks. Archives: Regional Overview, Permanent Diacoate Program,	Eskimo, Ingalik
Holy Cross	Holy Cross Mission	Eskimo, Ingalik
Hooper Bay	Little Flower of Jesus Church; Sisters of the Snow (Native American women religious) (ceased)	Eskimo
St. Marys/ Akulurak	St. Mary Mission, School and Church of the Nativity	Eskimo
St. Michael	St. Michael Mission	Eskimo
Arizona	-	-
Bapchule/ Sacaton, Gila River Reservation	St. Peter School	Maricopa, Pima
Fort Defiance, Navajo Reservation	Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church	Navajo
Laveen/ Komatke, Gila River Reservation	St. John School (closed)	Apache, Maricopa, Pima, Tohono O'odham
Phoenix	Catholic Church. Diocese of Phoenix. Archives: Regional Overview	All Native Nations
St. Michaels, Navajo Reservation	St. Michael Indian School	Navajo
St. Michaels, Navajo Reservation	St. Michael Mission	Navajo
San Carlos, San Carlos Reservation	San Carlos Mission and St. Charles School	Apache, Yuma
Topawa, Tohono O'odham/ Papago Reservation	St. Catherine Church, San Solano Missions	Tohono O'odham
Tucson	Catholic Church. Diocese of Tucson. Archives: Regional Overview	All Native Nations
Tucson/ San Xavier, San Xavier Reservation	San Xavier Mission	Tohono O'odham
Whiteriver, Fort Apache Reservation	St. Francis Church	Apache
California	-	-
Banning	St. Boniface School (closed); see -- Beaumont, St. Kateri Tekakwitha Community and San Bernardino, Catholic Church. Diocese of San Bernardino. Archives	Cahuilla, Cupeño, Kumiai
Hoopa, Hoopa Reservation	Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Church	Hupa
Los Angeles; see -- Mission Hills	Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Los Angeles. Archives: Regional Overview, Urban Ministry	All Native Nations
Pala	San Antonio de Pala Mission	Cahuilla, Cupeño, Kumiai
District of Columbia	-	-
Washington	Black and Indian Mission Office (Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, et.al.): Church-State Relationships	All Native Nations
Florida	-	-
Indiantown	Hope Rural School	Maya
Tallahassee	Martyrs of La Florida Missions canonization cause	Apalachee, et.al.
St. Augustine	School for Apache children at Fort Marian (closed); see -- Sisters of St. Joseph of St. Augustine	Chihuahua Apache
Idaho	-	-
Desmet, Coeur d'Alene Reservation	Sacred Heart Mission	Coeur d'Alene
Lapwai, Nez Perce Reservation	St. Joseph Mission	Nez Perce
Indiana	-	-
Notre Dame	American Indian Catholic School Network: Native American Catholic Schools, 1980s-	All Native Nations
Kansas	-	-
St. Mary	Immaculate Conception Church; St. Mary Mission and School (closed)	Potawatomi
St. Paul	Osage Mission and School (closed); see -- Catholic Church. Diocese of Wichita. Archives	Osage
Louisiana	-	-
Alexandria	Tekakwitha Conference: Native American Catholic Association	All Native Nations
Maine	-	-
Old Town, Indian Island Reservation	St. Ann Church	Penobscot
Michigan	-	-
Detroit	Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Detroit: Archives: Regional Overview	All Native Nations
Harbor Springs/ New Arbre Croche	Holy Childhood of Jesus Church; Holy Childhood of Jesus Mission and School (closed)	Ojibwa, Ottawa
L'Anse/ Assinins/ Baraga, Kewenaw Bay Reservation	Most Holy Name of Jesus-Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Church/ Mission, School and Orphan Home (closed)	Ojibwa
Minnesota	-	-
Red Lake, Red Lake Reservation	St. Mary's Mission and School	Ojibwa
St. Cloud	Catholic Church. Diocese of St. Cloud. Archives: Catholic Chippewa Congress	Ojibwa
Waubun/ White Earth, White Earth Reservation	White Earth Catholic Community/ St. Benedict Mission and School	Ojibwa
Mississippi	-	-
Philadelphia, Choctaw Reservation	Holy Rosary Indian Mission	Choctaw
Montana	-	-
Ashland, Northern Cheyenne Reservation	St. Labre Church	Cheyenne
Ashland, Northern Cheyenne and Crow Reservations	St. Labre School System	Cheyenne, Crow
Browning, Blackfeet Reservation	Little Flower Church; Holy Family Mission and School	Siksika
Browning, Blackfeet Reservation	De La Salle Blackfeet School	Siksika
Cascade	St. Peter Mission School (Louis Riel, teacher); see -- Helena, Catholic Church. Diocese of Helena. Archives	Siksika; Metis
Hays, Fort Belknap Reservation	St. Paul Mission and School	Assiniboine, Atsina
St. Ignatius, Flathead Reservation	St. Ignatius Mission and School	Salish
Nebraska	-	-
Winnebago, Winnebago Reservation	St. Augustine Mission School	Omaha, Winnebago
New Mexico	-	-
Bernalillo	San Antonio Mission and Sisters of Loretto School (closed)	Tiwa
Gallup	Catholic Church. Diocese of Gallup. Archives: Regional Overview	All Native Nations
Jemez Pueblo	San Diego Mission; San Diego Indian School (transferred to community corp.)	Jemez
Laguna Pueblo	St. Joseph Mission	Laguna
Ohkay Owingeh/ San Juan Pueblo	St. John the Baptist Church and School	Tewa
San Fidel	St. Joseph Mission School	Acoma, Laguna, Navajo
Santa Fe	Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Archives: Regional Overview	All Native Nations
Santa Fe	St. Catherine Indian School (closed); see -- Albuquerque, Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Santa Fe. Office of Catholic Schools	All Native Nations
Zuni	Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission and St. Anthony Church and School	Zuni
New York	-	-
Albany	Catholic Church. Diocese of Albany. Archives, St. Kateri Tekakwitha canonization cause	Algonquin-Mohawk
St. Regis Mohawk Reservation	St. Regis Mission	Mohawk
North Dakota	-	-
Belcourt, Turtle Mountain Reservation	St. Ann Church and School (closed)	Cree, Ojibwa
Fort Totten, Spirit Lake/ Devil's Lake Reservation	Seven Dolors Church, Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel and School and Little Flower School	Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota
Fort Totten, Spirit Lake/ Devil's Lake Reservation	Seven Dolors Church; Catholic Sioux Congress	Assiniboine, Dakota, Lakota, Yankton
Fort Yates, Standing Rock Reservation	St. Peter Mission; Fort Yates Government School (closed)	Hunkpapa Dakota
Fort Yates, Standing Rock Reservation	American Sisters (Native American women religious) (ceased)	Lakota
Mandaree/ Elbowoods, Fort Berthold Reservation	St. Anthony Church/ Sacred Heart Mission and School	Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan
St. Michael, Spirit Lake/ Devil's Lake Reservation	St. Michael Mission	Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota
Oklahoma	-	-
Anadarko	St. Patrick Church; St. Patrick School (closed)	Kiowa, Comanche
Antlers	St. Agnes Church; St. Agnes Academy (closed); St. Mary's School (closed)	Choctaw
Chickasha	Holy Name of Jesus Church; St. Joseph's School (closed)	Chickasaw, Choctaw
Gray Horse, Osage Reservation	St. John Mission and School (closed)	Kaw, Osage, Pawnee
Konawa	Sacred Heart Church; Sacred Heart Mission, Sacred Heart Academy, St. Benedict's School and St. Mary's Academy (all closed)	Potawatomi
Oklahoma City	Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. Archives: Regional Overview	All Native Nations
Pawhuska, Osage Reservation	Immaculate Conception Church; St. Louis School (closed)	Kiowa, Osage
Purcell	Our Lady of Victory Church; St. Elizabeth Church and School/ St. Scholastica's \ School (all closed)	Choctaw, Chickasaw
Quapaw	St. Mary's Mission and School (closed)	Quapaw
Oregon	-	-
Pendleton, Umatilla Reservation	St. Andrew Mission and St. Ann/ Kate Drexel School	Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla
Portland	Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Portland. Archives: Regional Overview	All Native Nations
South Dakota	-	-
Howes	Catholic Church. Diocese of Rapid City. Sioux Spiritual Center, Inculturation Task Force, Permanent Diaconate Program	All Native Nations
Kenel, Standing Rock Reservation	St. Benedict Church; Farm School (closed); St. Bernard School (closed)	Hunkpapa Dakota
Marty, Yankton Reservation	Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Native American women religious)	Dakota, Ojibwa, Yankton
Marty, Yankton Reservation	St. Paul Mission; St. Paul School	Yankton
Pine Ridge, Pine Ridge Reservation	Pine Ridge Reservation Churches, 1888-present; Red Cloud Indian School System, 1888-present	Oglala Lakota
Rapid City	Catholic Church. Diocese of Rapid City. Archives: Regional Overview. Nicholas Black Elk Canonization Cause, 2016-present	Lakota
Rapid City	St. Isaac Jogues Church: Urban Ministry	Dakota, Lakota
St. Francis, Rosebud Reservation	St. Francis Mission, 1886-present; St. Francis Mission School (transferred to community corp.); KINI Radio, transferred to community corp.); Medicine Men and Clergy Dialogue, 1974-1980	Brulé Lakota
Sioux Falls	Catholic Church. Diocese of Sioux Falls. Archives: Regional Overview	All Native Nations
Stephan, Crow Creek Reservation	Immaculate Conception Church; Immaculate Conception School (closed)	Santee Dakota, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota
Texas	-	-
El Paso, Ysleta del Sur Reservation	Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church	Tiwa
Utah	-	-
Roosevelt, Uintah and Ouray Reservation	St. Helen Church	Ute
Washington	-	-
Omak, Colville Reservation	St. Francis Regis Mission; St. Mary Mission and School (closed)	Colville Confederated
Seattle	Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Seattle. Archives: Regional Overview	All Native Nations
Yakima, Yakima Reservation	St. Joseph Church and School	Yakama
Wisconsin	-	-
Ashland, Bad River Reservation	St. Mary/ Our Lady of Seven Dolors Mission, St. Mary School (closed)	Ojibwa
Bayfield and La Pointe	Holy Family Church/ Christ Church and School and St. Joseph Mission	Ojibwa
Keshena, Menominee Reservation	St. Michael Church/ Mission and St. Joseph School (closed)	Menominee
Milwaukee	Siggenauk Center (closed); Congregation of the Great Spirit: Urban Ministry	All Native Nations
Stone Lake, Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation	St. Francis Solanus Church and School	Ojibwa
Wyoming	-	-
Saint Stephens, Wind River Reservation	St. Stephen's Mission; St. Stephen's School (transferred to community corp.)	Arapaho, Shoshoni