GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-28
Catholic Church. Diocese of St. Cloud. Chancery
Pastoral Center
305 Seventh Avenue North
St. Cloud, MN 56303 (physical address)
P.O. Box 1248
St. Cloud, MN 56302-0124 (postal address)
Phone: 320-258-7600
Email: See website (Contact Us)
History: The Vicariate Apostolate of Northern Minnesota was erected, 1875, from territory in the Diocese of St. Paul, and the Diocese of St. Cloud succeeded Northern Minnesota, 1889. St. Cloud and its predecessors have served the following Native American missions, parishes, and schools in Minnesota and North Dakota:
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1848-1870s (no longer Native) (St. Cloud, 1875-1879) |
Assumption Church (Métis, Ojibwa), Pembina, North Dakota |
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1853-1870s (no longer Native) (St. Cloud, 1875-1879) |
St. Joseph Church (Ojibwa), St. Joseph’s, North Dakota |
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1865-present (St. Cloud, 1875-1889) |
Holy Rosary Mission (Ojibwa), Grand Portage, Minnesota |
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1873-present (St. Cloud, 1875-1889) |
St. Benedict's Church (Ojibwa), White Earth, Minnesota |
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1874-present (St. Cloud, 1875-1879) |
Seven Dolors/ Our Lady of Sorrows Church (Santee, Sisseton, Wahpeton), Fort Totten, North Dakota |
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1877-1879, 1882-1897 (closed) |
St. Paul Industrial School (Ojibwa), Clontarf, Minnesota |
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1879-present (St. Cloud, 1879-1889) |
St. Mary Mission (Ojibwa), Red Lake, Minnesota |
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1880-present (St. Cloud, 1880-1889) |
Holy Family Church (Ojibwa), Cloquet, Minnesota |
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1884-1896 (closed) |
St. Benedict Industrial School (Ojibwa), St. Joseph, Minnesota |
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1885-1896 (closed) |
Indian Industrial School (Ojibwa), Morris, Minnesota |
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1885-1896 (closed) |
St. John Industrial School (Ojibwa), Collegeville, Minnesota |
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1885-1898 (closed) |
St. Mary Academy (Ojibwa), Graceville, Minnesota |
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1944-present |
Little Flower Mission (Ojibwa), Onamia/ Vineland, Minnesota |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1852-ongoing
Volume: At least .4 cubic foot
Description: 5 series include Native Catholic records:
/1 Parish Files
Inclusive dates: 1941, 1954-ongoing
Volume: At least 2 folders
Description: Correspondence arranged alphabetically by parish location, "Vineland (Onamia), Minnesota, Little Flower Mission": major correspondents include Sister Laura Hesch, O.S.B. [Benedictine Sisters], Rev. Justin Weger, Rev. William J. Straka, Bishop Peter W. Bartholome and Bishop George H. Speltz.
/2 Bishops' Files
Inclusive dates: 1884-1889
Volume: 1 volume (368 pages)
Description: Contains Bishop Rupert Seidenbusch's (1830-1895) letterpress book of outgoing correspondence with references to Native mission and schools. According to Robert F. Karolevitz in Bishop Martin Marty, "The Black Robe Lean Chief," ca. 1980, most of the papers of Bishop Martin Marty, O.S.B. [Benedictines] were burned by his housekeeper upon his death in 1896.
/3 Diocesan Chronicle
Inclusive dates: 1889-1950
Volume: 1 volume (313 pages)
Description: Pertains to Native missions and schools, in part.
/4 Financial and Statistical Reports
Inclusive dates: 1955-ongoing
Volume: 1 folder
Description: Contains annual reports for Little Flower Mission, Vineland (Onamia), Minnesota.
/5 Sacramental Records
Inclusive dates: 1852-1879, 1882-1887
Volume: At least 3 volumes
Description:
A. Belle Prairie, Minnesota, Holy Family Church, and its missions and stations
1. Baptisms, 1865-1879, and confirmations, 1868, 1 volume; created by Rev. Joseph Buh and Rev. Ignatius Tomazin
2. Marriages, 1865-1878; first communions, 1882-1887; and Scapular of Mount Carmel, 1882-1884, 1 volume; created by Rev. Joseph Buh
B. Crow Wing, Minnesota, St. Francis Xavier Church, and its missions and stations: Baptisms and marriages, 1852-1870, 1 volume, created by Rev. Francis Pierz
C. Vineland (Onamia), Minnesota, Little Flower Mission, unknown
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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