GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 4: Outside United States
British Columbia: BC-2

City of Vancouver. Archives
1150 Chestnut Street
Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9 Canada

Phone: 604-736-8561

 

Hours: See website

Access: Appointment recommended

Copying facilities: Yes

 

Holding of Catholic records about Native Americans in the United States:

Inclusive dates: 1847?-1887?

Volume: Unknown

Description: St. Paul’s Province Archives, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, which are believed to include papers of Rev. E. Casimir Chirouse, O.M.I., and Bishop Modeste Demers (1809-1871) of the Diocese of Vancouver Island, 1847-1871.

 

History: The Oblates of Mary Immaculate made their first Canadian foundation, 1841. They erected the Saint-Boniface Mission Vicariate (Sainte Boniface, Manitoba) for Canada west of the Great Lakes, 1851; the Saint Albert Mission Vicariate (Sainte-Albert, Alberta) for western Canada, 1865; the Manitoba Province, 1904, which succeeded the Saint-Albert Vicariate; and St. Paul's Province, 1973. Oblates from British Columbia administered these Catholic missions and institutions among Native Americans in the United States: 

1847-1852	St. Anne Mission (Cayuse), Wallula, Washington
1847-1856	St. Rose Mission (Yakama), Yakima River, Washington
1847-1856 (closed)	St. Joseph/ Ahtanum Mission (Yakama), Yakima, Washington
1867-1887	St. Stanislaus/ St. Paul the Apostle Mission (Koyukon), Kokrines, Alaska
1868-1901	Our Lady of Seven Dolors Mission (Tulalip), Tulalip, Washington
1873-1887	St. Michael Mission (Eskimo), St. Michael, Alaska
1879-1887	St. Rose of Lima Church (Tlingit) Wrangell/ Fort Wrangell, Alaska
1887	Holy Cross Mission, School and Orphange (Eskimo), Holy Cross/ Koserefsky, Alaska
1887	St. Aloysius Mission (Eskimo), Tanana, Alaska

 

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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