GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Montana: MT-1
St. Labre Church
Tongue River Road
P.O. Box 228
Ashland, MT 59003
Phone: 406-784-4516
History: St. Labre Church, Ashland, Rosebud County, Montana, has been a predominantly Native American (Cheyenne) parish near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation and in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Archives: Great Falls, Montana).
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1884-1933 |
Mother Amadeus Dunne, O.S.U. ][Ursulines], and the Ursulines (Archives: Toledo, Ohio) established St. Labre Mission and staffed the school |
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1885-1897 |
Jesuits (Turin Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Labre’s |
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1897-1899 |
Ursulines (Archives: Santa Rosa, California) administered St. Labre’s |
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1899-1904 |
Helena diocesan priests administered St. Labre’s |
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1904-1914 |
Great Falls diocesan priests administered St. Labre’s |
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1914-1925 |
Society of St. Edmund (Archives: Swanton, Vermont) administered St. Labre’s |
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1917 |
St. Labre’s rebuilt following a destructive fire |
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1926-present |
Capuchins (St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) have administered St. Labre’s |
Various priests at St. Labre attended to the following Cheyenne Indian missions and school on the Northern Cheyenne/ Tongue River Reservation:
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1899-1976 (became a parish) |
Blessed Sacrament Church/ Mission, Lame Deer |
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1906-1929 (closed) |
Tongue River Government Indian School |
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1927-1970s (closed) |
Sacred Heart Mission, Birney |
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1929-1976 (transferred to Blessed Sacrament, Lame Deer) |
Christ the King Mission, Busby |
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1956-2004 (closed) |
St. Francis Assisi Station, Muddy Creek |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1883-ongoing
Volume: More than 7 volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of St. Labre Church and its attended missions and the Native American students at the Tongue River Government Indian School.
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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