GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Colorado: CO-16
St. Joseph Church
230 North Third Street
P.O. Box 20000
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Phone: 970-243-0209
Email: See website (About Us: Parish Staff)
History: St. Joseph Church, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Pueblo (Archives: Pueblo, Colorado). Pueblo diocesan priests at St. Joseph’s attended to students at the Teller Government Indian Institute (e.g. Dakota-Lakota, Navajo, Ute), Grand Junction, ca. 1907-1911 (closed).
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1907-1911
Volume: Few entries within at least 1 volume
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American students at the Teller Government Indian Institute.
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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