GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-10
Sacred Heart Church
P.O. Box 190
Emmonak, AK 99581
Phone: 907-949-1012
Website: See Diocese of Fairbanks (Who We Are: Parishes)
History: Sacred Heart Church, Emmonak, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a predominantly Native American (Yup’ik Eskimo) parish in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska). Sacred Heart is located at the mouth of the Yukon River, 10 miles from the Bering Sea.
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1943-1951 |
Jesuits (Oregon Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at St. Mary’s, Akularak, established and attended Sacred Heart Mission (Yup’ik Eskimo), Emmonak, plus Sheldon Point and other stations |
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1953 |
Sacred Heart Mission, Emmonak, was built |
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1964-1965 |
The residents of Emmonak relocated their village due to periodic flooding and erosion |
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1967 |
A new Sacred Heart Mission was built at the relocated Emmonak community |
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1969-1980s |
Jesuits at St. Joseph’s, Kotlik, attended to Sacred Heart |
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1990-present |
Became a parish; first Jesuits and then Fairbanks diocesan priests have administered Sacred Heart Church |
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1990-present |
Permanent deacons (Yup’ik Eskimo) and lay administrators (Yup’ik Eskimo) have assisted in the administration of Sacred Heart |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1990-ongoing
Volume: Few volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Sacred Heart Church.
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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