GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-13
Sacred Heart Church
333 South Eighth Street
Fairfax, OK 74637
Phone:918-642-5053
Email: See Tulsa diocesan website (parish finder)
History: Sacred Heart Church, Fairfax, Osage Nation, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly Native American (Osage) parish in the Osage Nation and in the Diocese of Tulsa (Archives: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma). Also, Sacred Heart has held the records of the former St. John Mission and School, Gray Horse, which was another predominantly Native American (Osage) parish in the Osage Nation.
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1904-1906 |
Benedictines (Archives: Shawnee, Oklahoma) at Immaculate Conception, Pawhuska, attended to Fairfax station (Osage) |
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1906-1913 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. John’s, Gray Horse, attended to Fairfax station |
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1913-1915 |
Benedictines at St. John’s, Pawnee, established and attended to Sacred Heart Mission |
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1915-1925 |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. Francis, Stillwater, attended to Sacred Heart |
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1925-1972 |
Became a parish; Oklahoma City diocesan priests administered Sacred Heart Church |
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1972-2010s |
Tulsa diocesan priests administered Sacred Heart |
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2010s-present |
Tulsa diocesan priests at St. Joseph’s, Cleveland, have attended to Sacred Heart |
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1927-1950, 1955-1962 (closed) |
Carmelites of St. Therese (Archives: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma) established and staffed Sacred Heart School |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests at Sacred Heart attended to the following Native American (Osage) missions and stations in the Osage Nation:
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1925-1926 |
Burbank station |
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1925-1928 (became a mission) |
Foraker station
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1925-1997 (closed) |
St. Ann Mission, Shidler |
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1928-1941 (closed) |
Immaculate Conception Mission, Foraker |
St. John Mission and School, Gray Horse:
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1887-1889 |
Benedictines (Archives: Shawnee, Oklahoma) at Immaculate Conception, Pawhuska, attended to Hominy Creek station (Osage) |
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1888-1907 |
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia (Archives: Aston, Pennsylvania) established and staffed St. John School |
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1889-1895 |
Benedictines established and administered St. John Mission |
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1895-1913 (closed) |
Oklahoma City diocesan priests administered St. John’s |
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1907-1913 (closed) |
Christian Brothers (Archives: Burr Ridge, Illinois) administered St. John’s school |
Benedictines and Oklahoma City diocesan priests at St. John's attended to the following missions and stations among the Osage, Kansa, and Pawnee Indians in Oklahoma:
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1893-1895 (transferred to St. Felix's, Ponca City) |
Kaw Reservation station (Kansa), Kay County |
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1894-1895 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Pawhuska) |
Hominy station (Osage), Osage Nation |
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ca. 1894-1900 (transferred to St. Francis, Stillwater) |
Pawnee City station (Pawnee), Pawnee County |
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1895-1901 (transferred to St. Francis, Stillwater) |
Cleveland station (Pawnee), Pawnee County |
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1895-1904 (closed) |
Osage City station (Osage), Osage Nation |
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1897-1913 (closed) |
Gray Horse station (Osage), Osage Nation |
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1904-1913 (became a parish) |
St. John the Evangelist Mission (Pawnee), Pawnee, Pawnee County |
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1906-1913 (transferred to St. John's, Pawnee) |
Fairfax station (Osage), Osage Nation |
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1907-1913 (transferred to St. John's, Pawnee) |
Burbank station (Osage), Osage Nation
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1908-ca. 1913 (closed) |
Dogy Camp station (Osage), [Osage Nation?] |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1887-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Sacred Heart Church, St. John Mission, and their attended missions and stations among the Osage, Kaw, and Pawnee Indians; baptisms and marriages, 1887-ongoing, deaths, 1925-ongoing, first communions, 1926-ongoing, and confirmations, 1927-ongoing.
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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