GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-8

Sacred Heart Church
P.O. Box 249
Chevak, AK 99563

Phone: 907-858-7826

 

History: Sacred Heart Church, Chevak, Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a predominantly Native American (Cupik Eskimo) parish on the Bering Sea coast in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska). (Cupik is a distinct dialect of the Yupik Eskimo language.)

1928-1935	Jesuits (Oregon Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) visited Old Chevak (Cupik Eskimo)
1935-1950	Jesuits from Little Flower, Hooper Bay, established and attended St. John the Baptist Mission (Cupik Eskimo), Old Chevak
1950	To avoid periodic flooding, the residents of Old Chevak relocated the community to the site of New Chevak
1950-1989, 1990s	Jesuits established and administered Sacred Heart Church (Cupik Eskimo), New Chevak
1983-present	Visiting Fairbanks diocesan priests and diocesan ministry team members have ministered to Sacred Heart
1980s-present	Permanent deacons (Cupik Eskimo) and lay ministers (Cupik Eskimo) have served the parish and assisted with its administration

Jesuits and Fairbanks diocesan priests at Sacred Heart attended to Holy Family Mission (Yupik Eskimo), Newtok, 1952-1990 (became a parish). 

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1952-ongoing

Volume: Few volumes 

 Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Sacred Heart Church and Holy Family 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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