GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-46
Blessed Sacrament Church
170 Hilltop Road
P.O. Box 133
Scammon Bay, AK 99662
Phone: 907-558-5229
History: Blessed Sacrament Church, Scammon Bay, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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Ca. 1895 |
Jesuits at St. Mary’s St. Mary/s/ Akulurak visited Scammon Bay (Yupik Eskimo) |
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Ca. 1930-1990 |
Jesuits (Oregon Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at Little Flower, Hooper Bay, established and attended to Blessed Sacrament Mission (Yupik Eskimo) |
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1930s |
Sisters of the Snows (Yupik Eskimo) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and staffed a Catholic school at Scammon Bay |
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1990s-present |
Became a parish; Jesuits have administered Blessed Sacrament Church assisted by permanent deacons (Eskimo) |
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1990s-present |
Permanent deacons (Yupik Eskimo) have served the parish |
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1990s-present |
Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to Blessed Sacrament Church |
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 Blessed Sacrament 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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