GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-27
St. Mary Mission
Highway 1 Box 189
Red Lake, MN 56671
Phone: 218-679-3615
Email: development@stmarysmission.org
History: St. Mary Mission, Red Lake, Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota, has been a predominantly Native American (Ojibwa) parish in the Diocese of Crookston (Archives: Crookston, Minnesota).
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1858-1867 |
From St. Francis Xavier Church, Crow Wing, Rev. Francis Pierz and Rev. Lawrence Lautishar established Red Lake station (Ojibwa), which Rev. Pierz attended |
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1867-1875 |
Rev. Joseph Buh attended Red Lake station from Holy Family Church, Belle Prairie |
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1875-1879 |
Rev. Ignatius Tomazin attended Red Lake station from White Earth |
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1879-1883 |
Rev. Tomazin established and administered St. Ignatius Church (Ojibwa), Red Lake |
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1883-1888 |
Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) at St. Benedict's, White Earth, attended to St. Ignatius |
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1888-1890s |
Became a parish; Benedictines administered St. Ignatius Church |
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1888-1889 |
Benedictine Sisters (Archives: St. Joseph, Minnesota) established and staffed St. Mary Mission School, which operated as a day school during the first year |
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1889-1940 |
Benedictine Sisters staffed St. Mary Mission School, which operated as a boarding school |
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1893-2010s |
Benedictines established and administered St. Mary/ Immaculate Conception Mission |
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1940-2009 |
Benedictine Sisters staffed St. Mary Mission School, which operated as a day school |
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2009-present |
Lay teachers staffed the school exclusively after gradual inclusion, which began decades earlier |
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2010s-present |
Crookston diocesan priests have administered St. Mary Mission |
St. Paul and Crookston diocesan priests and Benedictines at St. Mary’s have administered the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions and stations:
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1879-1883 (transferred to St. Benedict's, White Earth) |
Cass Lake station, Leech Lake Reservation
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1879-1883 (transferred to St. Benedict's, White Earth) |
Leech Lake station, Leech Lake Reservation
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1879-1883 (transferred to St. Benedict's, White Earth) |
[White] Oak Point station, Leech Lake Reservation
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1879-1883 (transferred to St. Benedict's, White Earth) |
Pokegama station, Pine County |
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1879-1883 (transferred to St. Benedict's, White Earth) |
Sandy Lake station, Sandy Lake Reservation, Aitkin County |
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1879-1883 (transferred to St. Benedict's, White Earth) |
Lake Winnibigoshish station, Leech Lake Reservation |
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1888-ca. 1890 (closed) |
Ottertail station, Ottertail County |
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1888-ca. 1890 (closed) |
Pokegama station, Pine County |
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1888-1896 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
[White] Oak Point station, Leech Lake Reservation
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1888-1896 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
Lake Winnibigoshish station, Leech Lake Reservation |
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1888-1896 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
Sandy Lake station, Sandy Lake Reservation, Aitkin County |
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1892-1896 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
Ball Club station, Leech Lake Reservation
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1893-1905 (closed) |
Thief River Falls station, Pennington County |
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1894-1896 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
Fond du Lac station, Fond du Lac Reservation |
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1894-1896 (became a parish) |
Holy Family Mission, Cloquet, Fond du Lac Reservation |
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1895-1896 (transferred to St. Benedict's, White Earth) |
Leech Lake Station, Leech Lake Reservation
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1895-1896 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
Kettle River station, Carlton County, near Fond du Lac Reservation |
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1895-1896 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
Sawyer station, Carlton County, near Fond du Lac Reservation |
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1895-1896 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
Stoney Brook and Columbia Junction station, St. Louis County, near Fond du Lac Reservation |
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1895-1898 (transferred to Holy Family, Cloquet) |
Cass Lake station, Leech Lake Reservation
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1934 (transferred to St. Michael's, Mahnomen) |
St. Anne Mission, Naytahwaush, Mahnomen County, near White Earth Reservation |
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1934 (transferred to St. Michael's, Mahnomen) |
St. Agnes Mission, Island Lake, Mahnomen County, near White Earth Reservation |
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1939-1974 (closed) |
Christ the King Mission, Redby, Red Lake Reservation |
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1940-1955 (closed) |
Ponemah station, Red Lake Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1858-present
Volume: At least 7 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Mary Mission were kept at three locations and had not been organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980. Consequently, the records are described by record type.
/1 St. Mary Mission
Inclusive dates: 1858-ongoing
Volume: At least 3 cubic feet
Description:
A. Sacramental records, 1858-ongoing, at least 14 volumes: For Immaculate Conception Church, St. Mary Mission, and its Indian chapels and stations; baptisms, 1858-ongoing (records from 1858-ca.1874 are copies); marriages, 1869-ongoing; deaths, 1879-ongoing; first communions, 1941-ongoing; confirmations, 1882-ongoing
B. "Status Animarium" or census records, 1940s, 2 volumes: For St. Mary Mission; includes names of parents and children with birth and death dates
C. Financial records, 1948-1973, 9 volumes: Consists of 4 day-books, 3 journals, and 2 cash books for Immaculate Conception Church, St. Mary Mission
D. Parish bulletins and announcements, 1947, 1950-1952, 1956-1972, 1974-ongoing, 2 folders
E. School records, 1939-1968, 1 volume: Lists of students arranged by grade
F. Photographs, majority from 1950s, 270 prints
/2 St. Mary School
Inclusive dates: 1930s-ongoing
Volume: At least 4 cubic feet
Description:
A. Student records, 1930s-ongoing, .8 cubic foot of inactive records and 3 cubic feet of active records: Arranged alphabetically by surname and includes biographical information on each student and grades; inactive files less complete than more recent records; information on inactive files normally confined to a single card for each student
B. Videotape, 1958, 30 minutes: created by Rev. Alban Fruth and portrays Ojibwa Indian children at St. Mary Mission School in activities such as an Indian powwow and views of the mission and school
/3 St. Mary Convent: "Task Force" notes
Inclusive dates: 1975
Volume: 1 folder
Description: Summaries of interviews and responses to questionnaires designed to discover how the Catholic Church can better serve Red Lake Ojibwa Indians
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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