GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-43

Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
P.O. Box 56
Russian Mission, AK 99657

Phone: 907-584-5173

 

History: Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Russian Mission, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish on the Yukon River and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).

1890s-1990s	Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri; Montreal, Quebec) established and administered Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission (Yupik Eskimo), Russian Mission/Ikogmiut
Late 1980s (destroyed by flood), 1998	Our Lady of Guadalupe was destroyed by flood and rebuilt
1974-1980	Fairbanks diocesan priests visited the parish
1970s-1980s	Sisters of St. Ann and Sisters of St. Joseph ministered to the parish
1990s-present	Permanent deacons (Yupik Eskimo) have served the parish
1990s-present	Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Jesuits at Our Lady of Guadalupe, Russian Mission, attended to St. Charles Spinola Mission (Yupik Eskimo), Pilot Station, 1914-1990s; served alternately with Jesuits at St. Lawrence, Mountain Village.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 2000-ongoing 

Volume: Few volumes 

Description: Sacramental records for (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church and its attended Eskimo missions and station.  

 

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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