GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Arizona: AZ-19
St. Joseph Mission
East Main Street
P.O. Box 128
Keams Canyon, AZ 86034-0128
Phone: 928-738-2325
History: St. Joseph Mission, Keams Canyon, Arizona, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Navajo, Hopi) parish in the Navajo Nation and in the Diocese of Gallup (Archives: Gallup, New Mexico).
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1926-1927 |
Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) visited Keams Canyon (Navajo, Hopi) |
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1927-1985 |
Franciscans established and administered St. Joseph Mission (Hopi, Navajo), Keams Canyon |
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1985-1991 |
Franciscans (Our Lady of Guadalupe Province) (Archives: St. Michaels, Arizona) administered St. Joseph Mission |
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1991-1997 |
Gallup diocesan priests administered St. Joseph’s |
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1997-2010s |
Vincentians (Western Province) (Archives: Montebello, California) administered St. Joseph’s |
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1997-2003 |
Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul (Archives: Los Altos Hills, California) provided home healthcare to the needy and religious education to the students at the Keams Canyon Government Indian School |
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2010s-present |
Gallup diocesan priests have administered St. Joseph’s |
Franciscans at St. Joseph’s attended to the following Native American (Navajo) stations, Navajo Nation, Arizona:
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1931-1940s |
Greasewood station |
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1931-1940s |
Pinon station |
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1940s |
Cornfields station |
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1940s |
Steamboat station |
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1940s |
White Cone |
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1940s |
Low Mountain |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1945-ongoing
Volume: At least 2 cubic feet
Description: Clippings, correspondence, financial records, parish bulletins, photographs, and sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Joseph 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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