GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
New Jersey: NJ-1

Brothers of the Sacred Heart. United States Province
145 Plainfield Avenue 
Metuchen, NJ 08840

Phone: 732-548-2292

http://brothersofthesacredheart.org/

 

History: The Brothers of the Sacred Heart, who are comprised primarily of lay religious brothers, were founded in France, 1821. They made their first U.S. foundation, 1841, and among Native Americans, they administered first a Catholic school and then have attended a mission, in part.

1903-1930s (no longer Native)	St. Joseph/ Nazareth College/ Academy (Creek), Muskogee, Oklahoma
1990s-present	St. Anne’s Mission (Navajo), Klagetoh, Navajo Reservation; attended from All Saints Church, Ganado, Arizona

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Unknown.

 

Unless noted otherwise, the repository named above holds (or held) the records described and not the Marquette University Archives. However, Marquette’s holdings, e.g. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, include related records about these Native and Catholic groups and places.

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