GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Oregon: OR-16

St. John the Baptist Church
10955 Southeast Twenty-Fifth Avenue
Milwaukie, OR 97222

Phone: 503-654-5449
Email: parishoffice@sjbcatholicchurch.org

 

Hours: See website

 

History: St. John the Baptist Church has been a predominantly non-Native American parish administered by Portland archdiocesan priests who attended to Native American students at the Chemawa Government Indian School (e.g. Chinook, Klamath, Grand Ronde, Paiute), Salem, and St. Michael Archangel Chapel (e.g. Paiute, Walla Walla, Wasco, Siletz), Salem, 1935-1937 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, Salem). 

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1935-1937

Volume: Few entries within 1 volume 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American students at the Chemawa Government Indian School and Native American parishioners of St. Michael Archangel Chapel.    

 

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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