GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-45

St. Joseph Church and School
218 East Twelfth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015

Phone: 213-748-5394

 

History: St. Joseph Church, Los Angeles, California, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with a few Native American (e.g. Lakota, Navajo) parishioners in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Archives: Mission Hills, California).

Ca. 1950s-1960s

St. Joseph Church sponsored the Catholic Indian Club, which was organized and led by club president Etta “Mrs. Chester” Roubideaux (Brulé Lakota, Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota) of Paramount, California (Reference: Tekakwitha Conference Records, Marquette University Special Collections and Archives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: Ca. 1950s-1960s

Volume: Few entries among several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of St. Joseph 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.

new2006/rev2020