GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
North Dakota: ND-3
Catholic Church. Diocese of Bismarck. Chancery
Center for Pastoral Ministry
520 North Washington Street
P.O. Box 1575
Bismarck, ND 58501
Phone: 701-223-3035
Email: info@bismarckdiocese.com
Open: See website (Offices & Ministries: Chancery)
Access: Some restrictions may apply
Copying facilities: Yes
History: The Diocese of Bismarck was erected for western North Dakota from part of the Diocese of Fargo, 1909. In 1999, the Bismarck Diocese reported 1,800 baptized Native American Catholics. Within this territory, the diocese has served Native Americans through the following missions and parishes:
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1876-present (Bismarck, 1909-present) |
St. Peter Church (Hunkpapa Lakota), Standing Rock Reservation, Fort Yates |
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1889-1963 (closed) (Bismarck, 1909-1963) |
Immaculate Conception/ Sacred Heart Mission (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Fort Berthold Reservation, Packineau Dam Site/ Elbowoods |
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1890-present (Bismarck, 1909-present) |
St. Elizabeth Mission (Hunkpapa Lakota), Standing Rock Reservation, Cannonball |
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1896-present (Bismarck, 1909-present) |
St. James Mission (Hunkpapa Lakota), Standing Rock Reservation, Porcupine |
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1906-1969 (closed) (Bismarck, 1909-1969) |
St. Andrew Mission (Arickara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Fort Berthold Reservation, Nishu/ Armstrong |
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1906-1969 (closed) (Bismarck, 1909-1969) |
Holy Family/ St. Michael Mission (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Fort Berthold Reservation, Shell Creek/ Shell Village |
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1907-1921 (closed) (Bismarck, 1909-1921) |
St. John Mission (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Fort Berthold Reservation, Crow Heart's Landing |
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1911-present |
St. Anthony of Padua Church (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandaree/ Independence |
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1916-1950s (no longer Native) |
St. John the Baptist Mission (Ojibwa, Métis), Trenton |
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1920-1937 (closed) |
St. Bernard Mission (Hunkpapa Lakota), Standing Rock Reservation, Red Cedar |
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1928-present |
St. Joseph Mission (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Fort Berthold Reservation, Twin Buttes/ Crow's Heart |
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1955-1970 (closed) |
Queen of Peace Mission (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Fort Berthold Reservation, Raub |
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1963-1990s (closed) |
Sacred Heart Mission (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan), Fort Berthold Reservation, White Shield |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1868-ongoing
Volume: At least 1.0 cubic foot
Description: 7 series include Native Catholic records:
/1 Parish Files
Inclusive dates: 1910-ongoing
Volume: .3 cubic foot
Description: Correspondence arranged alphabetically by mission location.
A. "Elbowoods and Mandaree, Fort Berthold Reservation," 1910-ongoing, .2 cubic foot: major correspondents include Reverends Reinhard Kaufmann, Aloysius Bittman, and Stephen Kranz, Bishops Vincent Wehrle, O.S.B., Vincent J. Ryan, Lambert A. Hoch, and Hilary B. Hacker, and the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
B. "Fort Yates, Standing Rock Reservation," 1924-1925, 1930, 1935-ongoing, .1 cubic foot: major correspondents include Reverends Bernard Strassmaier, O.S.B. and Alfred Meyer and Bishops Vincent Wehrle, O.S.B., Vincent Ryan, Lambert Hoch, and Hilary Hacker
/2 Financial and Statistical Reports
Inclusive dates: 1940
Volume: .1 cubic foot Description: Arranged alphabetically by mission location.
A. "Fort Yates, Standing Rock Reservation," 1940-ongoing, 3 folders: St. Peter Mission, Fort Yates, 1940, 1955, 1970-ongoing; St. James, Porcupine, 1945, 1954-1955, 1957-1958, 1970-ongoing; St. Elizabeth's, Cannonball, 1940, 1970-ongoing
B. "Mandaree, Fort Berthold Reservation," 1940, 1955, 1970-ongoing, 1 folder
/3 "Religious Men"
Inclusive dates: 1941-ongoing
Volume: At least .2 cubic foot
Description: Correspondence with Benedictine abbeys, re: assignments and financial support at Fort Berthold and Standing Rock Reservations; arranged alphabetically by name of abbey.
A. Assumption Abbey, Richardton, North Dakota, 1948-ongoing, .15 cubic foot: includes correspondence regarding the Fort Berthold Reservation missions; major correspondents include Bishop Vincent Ryan, Bishop Lambert Hoch, Bishop Hilary Hacker, Abbot Cuthbert Goeb, O.S.B. and Abbot Robert West, O.S.B.
B. Conception Abbey, Conception, Missouri, 1941-ongoing, 1 folder: includes correspondence regarding the Standing Rock Reservation missions; major correspondents include Bishop Vincent Ryan, Bishop Lambert Hoch, Bishop Hilary Hacker, Abbot Stephen Schappler, O.S.B., Abbot Anselm Coppersmith, O.S.B., Abbot Kevin McGonigle, O.S.B., and Abbot Jerome Hanus, O.S.B.
/4 "National"
Inclusive dates: 1941-ongoing
Volume: .1 cubic foot
Description: Contains 2 folders labeled "Indian Missions," which include correspondence between the bishops, the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, and the Commission for Catholic Missions Among the Colored People and the Indians.
/5 "Diocesan-General"
Inclusive dates: 1943, 1948, 1954
Volume: 5 letters
Description: Includes a folder labeled "Indian Missions."
/6 Sacramental Records
Inclusive dates: 1868, 1876-ongoing
Volume: 6 reels of microfilm
Description: Arranged alphabetically by mission location.
A. Bismarck, St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral, 1908-ca. 1930s, 1 reel: includes records for students at the Bismarck Government Indian School
B. Cannonball, St. Elizabeth Mission, 1868, 1877-1954, 1 reel
C. Elbowoods, Sacred Heart Church, 1889-1954, 1 reel
D. Fort Yates, St. Peter Church, 1868, 1876-1954, 1 reel
E. Odense, St. John Church, 1916-1920, 1 reel: includes records for St. Bernard Mission, Red Cedar
F. Williston, St. Joseph Church, 1916-1954, 1 reel: includes records for St. John the Baptist Mission, Trenton
/7 Diocesan Newspaper
Inclusive dates: 1941-ongoing
Volume: .1 cubic foot
Description: Dakota Catholic Action, includes occasional articles on Native Americans and Catholic evangelization within the diocese.
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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