GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Montana: MT-19
St. Paul Mission and School
P.O. Box 40
Hays, MT 59527
Phone: 406-673-3300
History: St. Paul Mission and School, Hays, Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, has been a predominantly Native American (Atsina, Assiniboine, Métis) parish in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Archives: Great Falls, Montana).
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1884-1886 |
Jesuits (Turin, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: Great Falls, Montana) at St. Peter’s, Fort Shaw, established and attended to St. Paul Mission and School (Atsina, Assiniboine, Métis) |
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1886-1970 |
Jesuits administered St. Paul’s |
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1887-1936 |
Ursulines (Western Province, Santa Rosa, California) staffed St. Paul School |
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1936-1985 |
School Sisters of St. Francis (United States Province) (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) staffed the school |
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1970-1985 |
Capuchins (St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) administered St. Paul’s |
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1985-present |
Jesuits have administered St. Paul’s |
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1985-present |
Jesuit Volunteers and Dominican Sisters (Archives: Sparkill, New York) have staffed the school |
Jesuits and Capuchins at St. Paul’s have attended to the following missions among the Atsina and Assiniboine Indians and Métis on and near the Fort Belknap Reservation:
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1898-present |
St. Thomas Mission, Lodge Pole, Fort Belknap Reservation |
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1924-present |
Sacred Heart Church, Fort Belknap, Fort Belknap Reservation |
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1940-present |
St. Joseph Church, Zortman, Phillips County; Native in part |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1862-ongoing
Volume: At least 7 volumes and 1 reel of microfilm (Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, reel 7; filmed to 1961)
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Paul Mission and its attended Native missions. It is believed that the school holds the student records, ca. 1985-ongoing.
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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