GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Montana: MT-4

St. Mary Church
P.O. Box 3009
Box Elder, MT 59521

Phone: 406-395-4380

 

History: St. Mary Church, Box Elder, Rocky Boy Reservation, Montana, has been a predominantly Native American (Ojibwa, Cree) parish in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Archives: Great Falls, Montana). Great Falls-Billings diocesan priests have jointly administered St. Mary’s and St. Margaret Mary Church, Big Sandy, Chouteau County, Montana, a predominantly non-Native American parish.

1930-1980	Jesuits (Oregon Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at St. Margaret Mary’s attended to Native American (e.g. Ojibwa, Cree) students at the Rocky Boy Government Indian School
1980-2000s	Great Falls-Billings diocesan priests and Dominican Sisters of the Dominican Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary (Archives: Sinsinawa, Wisconsin) attended to St. Mary’s
1980-2000s (closed?)	Great Falls-Billings diocesan priests and Dominican Sisters of the Dominican Congregation of the Most Holy Rosary attended to Native American students at the Rocky Boy Government Indian School
2000s-present	Great Falls-Billings diocesan priests have administered St. Mary’s and St. Margaret Mary’s parishes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1930-ongoing

Volume: At least 6 volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Mary Church and Native American students at the Rocky Boy 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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