GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Oregon: OR-20
St. Andrew Mission and School
48022 St. Andrew’s Road
Pendleton, OR 97801
Phone: 541-276-0767
History: St. Andrew Mission and School, Pendleton, Umatilla Reservation, Oregon, has been a predominantly Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon (Archives: Portland, Oregon).
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1847-1840s (destroyed amid warfare) |
In collaboration with Cayuse leader Taawitoy, Walla Walla Bishop Augustin M.A. Blanchet and Rev. John B.A. Brouillet founded St. Anne Mission, Umatilla River, which Walla Walla diocesan priests administered intermittently amid temporary closures |
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1852-1855 (destroyed amid warfare) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Archives: Vancouver, British Columbia) reestablished and administered St. Anne Mission, Umatilla River |
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1861-1864 |
Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests attended to the Umatilla Reservation station (Cayuse, Nez Perce, Umatilla, Walla Walla) |
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1865-1868 |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate reestablished and administered St. Anne Mission and School, Umatilla River |
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1868-1888 |
Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests administered St. Anne’s |
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1869-1872
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Portland in Oregon archdiocesan priests at St. Andrew’s reestablished and attended St. Anne Mission, Umatilla Reservation |
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1888-1970s (reorganized as Nixyaawii Charter School) |
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia (Aston, Pennsylvania) established and administered St. Anne School, Umatilla Reservation |
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1888-present |
Jesuits (Turin, California, Oregon, Western provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) have administered St. Andrew/ St. Joseph Mission and School |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1865-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 4 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Andrew Mission and School are not arranged according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a Marquette University archivist, 2006. Consequently, the description is by record type.
Parish Office:
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1865-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Andrew Mission and St. Ann Mission.
School Office:
/2 Student records
Inclusive dates: Unknown-ongoing
Volume: Ca. 3 cubic feet
Description: Student records for Native American students of St. Andrew School.
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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