GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Nebraska: NE-13
St. Augustine Indian Mission
1 Mission Road South
P.O. Box 766
Winnebago, NE 68071
Phone 402-878-2402
History: St. Augustine Indian Mission, Winnebago, Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska, has been a predominantly Native American (Winnebago [Ho Chunk], Omaha) parish in the Archdiocese of Omaha (Archives: Omaha, Nebraska).
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1908 |
Rev. John H. Griese, an Omaha diocesan priest, established a residence in Winnebago, Winnebago Reservation, and later served |
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1908 |
Joseph LaMere (Winnebago) secured 15 acres for the future mission |
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1909-present |
In collaboration with support from St. Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Archives: Wynnewood, Pennsylvania), and the Marquette League (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin), Omaha arch/diocesan priests established and have administered St. Augustine Mission and School (Winnebago, Omaha) |
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1909-1945 |
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament staffed the school |
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1945 |
Sisters of Notre Dame (Archives: Covington, Kentucky) staffed the school |
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1945-1957 |
Lay teachers staffed the school |
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1957-present |
Missionary Benedictine Sisters (Archives: Norfolk, Nebraska) have staffed the school |
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1982-present |
Lay teachers have staffed the school |
Omaha arch/diocesan priests at St. Augustine’s attended to a Native American (Omaha) mission and station in Nebraska:
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1931-1947 |
Macy station, Omaha Reservation |
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1947-present |
Our Lady of Fatima Mission, Macy, Omaha Reservation |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1909-ongoing
Volume: More than 1 cubic foot
Description: The records at St. Augustine Mission were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 1980. Consequently, the description is by type of record.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1909-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Augustine Mission and its attended mission.
/2 Correspondence
Inclusive dates: ca. 1909-ongoing
Volume Unknown
Description: Major correspondents include its pastors/directors, Rev. John H. Griese, Rev. Francis J. Hulsman, Rev. Francis Price, Rev. Richard Whiteing, Rev. Tom Bauwens, Rev. Steven Boes, Rev. David Korth, and the Arch/bishops of Omaha.
/3 School records
Inclusive dates: 1909-ongoing
Volume: More than 1 cubic foot
Description: Unknown
/4 Financial and statistical reports
Inclusive dates: Unknown-ongoing
Volume: Unknown
Description: Unknown
/5 Mission publication
Inclusive dates: .3 cubic foot
Volume: 1945-ongoing
Description: The Trumpet Call; microfilmed by Marquette University Special Collections and Archives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2008.
/6 Photography
Inclusive dates: Unknown
Volume: Unknown
Description: Unknown
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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