GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
New Mexico: NM-60
St. Mary Mission
1 St. Mary Drive
P.O. Box 39
Tohatchi, NM 87325
Phone 505-733-2243
History: St. Mary Mission, Tohatchi, McKinley County, Arizona, has been a predominantly Native American (Navajo) parish in the Navajo Nation and in the Diocese of Gallup (Archives: Gallup, New Mexico).
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1914-1985 |
Franciscans (St. John the Baptist Province) (Archives: Cincinnati, Ohio; archives bulk: St. Michaels, Arizona, and Tucson, Arizona) established and administered St. Mary/ Immaculate Conception Church (Navajo), Navajo Reservation |
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1985-present |
Franciscans (Our Lady of Guadalupe Province) (Archives: St. Michaels, Arizona) have administered St. Mary Church |
Franciscans at St. Mary’s have attended to the following Navajo Indian missions and stations in the Navajo Nation:
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1948-present |
St. Anthony Mission, Naschitti, San Juan County, New Mexico |
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1950-2010s (closed) |
Coyote Canyon station, New Mexico |
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1950-2010s (closed) |
Mexican Springs station, New Mexico |
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1950-2010s (closed) |
Twin Lakes station, New Mexico |
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1960-2001 (closed) |
Sheep Springs station, Arizona |
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1970-2010s (closed) |
Chuska Mission, Chuska, New Mexico |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1918-ongoing
Volume: At least 1 cubic foot
Description: The records at St. Mary Church were not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, description is by type of record.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1918-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Baptisms, first communions, confirmations, marriages, and deaths for Native American parishioners of St. Mary Church and its attended missions and stations.
/2 Various
Inclusive dates: 1918-ongoing; bulk 1918-1935
Volume: Several volumes and folders
Description: Bulletins, scrapbooks with clippings, photographs and albums, video recordings, and financial records for St. Mary Church and its attended missions and stations.
/3 History
Inclusive dates: 2000
Volume: 1 volume
Description: Published; title: Water in the Desert.
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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