GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Montana: MT-30
Our Lady of Lourdes Church
105 F Street West
P.O. Box 187
Poplar, MT 59255
Phone: 406-768-3305
History: Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Poplar, Montana, has been a predominantly Native American (Assiniboine, Sisseton Dakota, Métis) parish in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Archives: Great Falls, Montana).
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1846 |
Rev. Pierre Jean de Smet, S.J. [Jesuits] visited the Assiniboine Indians and Métis on the Milk, Poplar, and Big Muddy Rivers |
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1905 |
Jesuits (Turin, California Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at St. Gabriel’s, Havre, established and attended to Our Lady of Lourdes/ St. Ursula Mission (Assiniboine, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, Hunkpapa Lakota), Fort Peck Reservation |
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1906-1909 |
Jesuits at St. Raphael’s, Glasgow, attended to Our Lady of Lourdes |
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1909-1913 |
Jesuits at St. Stephen’s, Harlem, attended to Our Lady of Lourdes |
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1913-1930s |
Became a parish; Benedictines (St. Georgenberg Abbey) (Archives: St. Georgenberg, Austria) administered Our Lady of Lourdes Church |
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1930s-present |
Great Falls-Billings diocesan priests have administered Our Lady of Lourdes |
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ca. 1980 |
Great Falls-Billings diocesan priests at Immaculate Conception, Wolf Point attended to Our Lady of Lourdes |
Benedictines and Great Falls-Billings diocesan priests at Our Lady of Lourdes attended the following Native American missions and stations on the Fort Peck Reservation:
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1913-1917 (became a parish |
Immaculate Conception Mission (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Wolf Point |
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1913-1917 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Wolf Point) |
St Joseph Church (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Frazer |
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1914-1968 (closed) |
St. Thomas Mission, Brockton |
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1917-1921 |
Arthur Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Arthur |
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1917-1921 |
Burch Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Burch |
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1917-1921 |
Charlie Creek Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Charlie Creek |
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1917-1921 |
Circle Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Circle |
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1917-1921 |
Chelsea Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton)/ Elder Creek station, Elder Creek |
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1917-1921 |
Excess City Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Excess City |
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1917-1921 |
Nickwell Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Nickwell |
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1917-1921 |
Red Water Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Red Water |
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1917-1921 |
Riverside Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), near Brockton |
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1917-1921 |
Roosevelt Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Roosevelt |
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1917-1921, 1940-1950 |
St. Isidore Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), St. Isidore |
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1917-1921 |
St. Nicholas Mission (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Sprole |
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1917-1921 |
Vida Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Vida |
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1917-present |
St. Anthony/ Fort Kipp Chapel (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Fort Kipp |
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1917-1940 |
St. Ann Mission (Assiniboine, Sisseton), Milk River |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1904-ongoing
Volume: 4 volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Our Lady of Lourdes Church and its attended Native missions and stations.
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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