GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-34

St. Francis Xavier Church
2110 North Dogwood Street
Sallisaw, OK 74955

Phone: 918-775-6217
Email: saintfx@sbcglobal.net

 

Hours: See website

Access: Some restrictions apply

Copying facilities: Yes

 

History: St. Francis Xavier Church, Sallisaw, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma, had been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Tulsa (Archives: Broken Arrow, Oklahoma). First Oklahoma City (1969-1972) and then Tulsa diocesan priests at St. Francis attended to these Native American (Cherokee) missions in the Cherokee Nation:

1969-present	St. John the Evangelist Mission, Cookson, Cherokee County
1969-present	St. Joseph Mission, Webber's Falls, Muskogee County and Muskogee (Creek) Nation
1982-present	St./ Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Mission, Roland, Sequoyah County

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1969-ongoing

Volume: At least 1 volume

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of St. John the Evangelist Mission, Cookson, St. Joseph Mission, Webber's Falls, and St. Kateri Tekakwitha Mission, Roland.

 

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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