GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-19
Little Flower of Jesus Church
P.O. Box 9
Hooper Bay, AK 99604
Phone: 907-758-4620
History: Little Flower of Jesus Church, Hooper Bay, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska). It is located on the Bering Sea.
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1890s |
Jesuits (Turin Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) visited Hooper Bay (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1928-1983 |
Jesuits (California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri, and Montreal, Quebec) established and administered Little Flower of Jesus Church (Eskimo) |
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1932-1945 (disbanded) |
Sisters of Our Lady of the Snows (Yupik Eskimo) founded at Little Flower by Rev. John P. Fox, S.J. [Jesuits] with assistance by Ursulines (Western Province) (Archives: Santa Rosa, California) |
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1930s |
Sisters of Our Lady of the Snows staffed a school (Eskimo) at Little Flower |
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1983-1986 |
A Fairbanks diocesan priest administered Little Flower |
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1986-present |
Jesuits and Fairbanks diocesan priests have administered Little Flower with assistance from permanent deacons (Yupik Eskimo) and lay administrators (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1980s-1994 |
Sisters of St. Joseph (California Province) (Archives: Saratoga, California) and a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur ministered to Little Flower |
Jesuits and a Fairbanks diocesan priest at Little Flower attended the following Eskimo missions and station:
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1928-1935 (became a mission) |
Chevak station |
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1930-1990 (became a parish) |
Blessed Sacrament Mission, Scammon Bay |
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1935-1950 |
St. John the Baptist Mission, Chevak |
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1983-1986 |
St. Catherine Church, Cheforniak |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1928-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of Little Flower of Jesus Church and Blessed Sacrament Mission.
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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