GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Oregon: OR-26
Benedictines. Mount Angel Abbey
One Abbey Drive
St. Benedict, OR 97373
Phone: 503-845-3030
History: Benedictines established Mount Angel Abbey, 1882, which was raised to an Abbey, 1904. Mount Angel Benedictines administered the following Native American missions and parishes:
1895-1899 (transferred to Portland Archdiocese) |
St. Francis Xavier Mission (Cowlitz), Toledo/ Cowlitz Prairie, Washington |
1900-1901 (transferred to Portland Archdiocese) |
St. Michael the Archangel Mission (Grand Ronde), Grande Ronde, Grand Ronde Reservation, Oregon |
1915-1934 (transferred to Portland Archdiocese) |
Chemawa Government Indian School (e.g. Chinook, Klamath, Grand Ronde, Siletz), Salem, Oregon |
2000-2010s |
St./ Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Chapel (Bannock, Shoshoni), Fort Hall, Fort Hall Reservation, Idaho |
2000-2010s |
St. Bernard Church (Bannock, Shoshoni), Blackfoot, Idaho |
2000-2010s |
St. Theresa of the Little Flower Church (Nez Perce), Orofino, Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: Unknown.
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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