GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-52
St. Aloysius Church
P.O. Box 6
Tanana, AK 99777
Phone: 907-366-7238
History: St. Aloysius Church, Tanana, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, has been a predominantly small and Native American (Koyukon) parish at the confluence of the Yukon and Tanana Rivers and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1863, 1873 |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Archives: Vancouver, British Columbia) visited Tanana (Koyukon) |
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1871-1872 |
Bishop Isidore Clut, O.M.I. [Oblates of Mary Immaculate] (Archives: Vancouver, British Columbia) visited the Athabascan-MacKenzie District |
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1878, 1886 |
Archbishop Charles Seghers (Archives: Vancouver, British Columbia) visited Tanana |
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1887-1945, 1948-1952, 1953-1954 |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri, and Montreal, Quebec) at St. Peter’s, Nulato, established and attended to St. Aloysius Mission (Koyukon), Tanana |
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1945-1948, 1952-1966 |
Jesuits at St. John’s, Galena, attended to St. Aloysius |
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1963-1973 |
Sisters of Charity of Providence [Sisters of Providence] provided summertime religious education |
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1966-1973 |
Became a parish; Jesuits administered St. Aloysius Church |
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1968-1996 |
Ursulines (Western Province) (Archives: Santa Rosa, California) served St. Aloysius |
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1973-2000s |
Jesuits from Bishop’s House, Fairbanks, visited St. Aloysius |
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1996-2000s |
An Xaverian brother (Archives: Baltimore, Maryland) administered St. Aloysius |
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2000s-present |
Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to St. Aloysius |
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2000s-present |
A Franciscan brother and lay administrators (Yupik Eskimo) have served the parish and provided day-to-day administration |
Jesuits from St. Aloysius attended the following Native (Koyukon) missions and stations:
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1966-1980 (became a parish) |
St. John Berchmans Mission, Galena |
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1966-1973 (closed) |
Hot Springs station |
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1966-1980 (transferred to St. Theresa’s, Kaltag) |
St. Francis Regis/ Huslia Mission, Huslia |
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1966-1973 (closed) |
Manley Mission, Manley |
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1966-1973 (transferred to St. John’s, Galena) |
St. Peter in Chains/ Ruby Mission, Ruby |
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1970-1973 (became a parish) |
St. Patrick Mission, Koyukuk |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1966-ongoing
Volume: Few volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Aloysius Church and its attended Native missions and stations.
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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