GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
North Dakota: ND-12
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church
143 Hayden Street
P.O. Box 151
Pembina, ND 58271
Phone: 701-825-6266
Email: See Diocese of Fargo website (parish clergy locator)
History: Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and its predecessors, Pembina, Pembina County, North Dakota, had some Native American (Ojibwa, Métis) parishioners in the Diocese of Fargo (Archives: Fargo, North Dakota).
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1818-1823 (closed) |
Sainte Boniface archdiocesan priests (Archives: Sainte Boniface, Manitoba) established and administered St. Francis Xavier School (Ojibwa, Métis), Pembina |
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1821-1823 (closed) |
Sainte Boniface archdiocesan priests established and administered St. Francis Xavier Mission (Ojibwa, Métis), Pembina |
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1831-1838 |
Rev. Georges Antoine Belcourt evangelized Dakota and Ojibwa Indians and Métis between Lake Traverse, South Dakota and Pembina, North Dakota |
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1848-1859 |
Rev. Belcourt established and administered Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and School (Ojibwa, Métis), Pembina |
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1848-1859 |
Sisters of the Propagation of the Faith administered Assumption School and then disbanded |
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1853-1870s (no longer Native) |
St. Joseph Mission and School (Ojibwa, Métis) was established at Pembina |
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1861-1870s (no longer Native) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Archives: Edmonton, Alberta) administered Assumption Church and St. Joseph Mission and School |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1848-1870s
Volume: .1 cubic foot
Description: Sacramental records (baptisms, marriages, and confirmations) for Native parishioners of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and an index to the sacramental records of St. Joseph Church.
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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