GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
South Dakota: SD-33
Tekakwitha Housing Corporation and Tekakwitha Living Center
711 Veterans Avenue
Sisseton SD 57262
Phone: 605-698-7693
History: The Tekakwitha Housing Corporation, the Tekakwitha Living Center, et.al., Sisseton, South Dakota, have served the Lake Traverse Reservation in the Diocese of Sioux Falls (Archives: Sioux Falls, South Dakota).
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1935-1964 (closed) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (North Central Area) (Archives: Washington, D.C.) and Sisters of the Divine Savior (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) established and administered the Tekakwitha Hospital (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Sisseton, Sisseton Reservation |
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1938-1969 (closed) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate and Sisters of the Divine Savior established and administered the Tekakwitha Adolescent Treatment Facility/ Indian Children's Home/ Orphanage, School, and Chapel (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Sisseton |
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1962-1991 |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate and Sisters of the Divine Savior established and administered the Tekakwitha Nursing Center (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Sisseton |
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1989-present |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate established and administered the Tekakwitha Housing Corporation, Sisseton |
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1989-1990s (closed) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate established and administered the Tekakwitha Fine Arts Center, Sisseton |
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1989-1990s (closed) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate established and administered the Tekakwitha Indian Mission (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Sisseton |
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1991-1996 (transferred to Benedictine Health System) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate continued to administer the Tekakwitha Nursing Center |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1938-1969, undated
Volume: 1.6 cubic feet
Description: The records of the Tekakwitha Adolescent Treatment Facility were not organized according to a classification scheme when inspected by a Marquette University archivist, 1980. Consequently, their description is by record type.
/1 School records
Inclusive dates: 1938-1969
Volume: At least 1.5 cubic feet
Description: Student files arranged alphabetically by surname; for each child there is a permanent record card containing the following information: name, date of admission, family background, religion, health record, previous schools, grades, test scores, and "character training;" some folders contain more extensive documentation, such as correspondence and progress reports.
/2 Financial reports
Inclusive dates: 1972-ongoing
Volume: At least 1 folder
Description: Annual reports to the Oblate Provincial House (St. Paul, Minnesota).
/3 Minutes of administrative meetings
Inclusive dates: 1941-ongoing
Volume: At least 1 volume
Description: Meetings of the administrators of the school and home.
/4 Correspondence
Inclusive dates: 1949
Volume: 4 letters
Description: To Rev. John Pohlen, O.S.B. [Benedictines]
/5 Photographs
Inclusive dates: Undated
Volume: At least 7 prints
Description: Photographs of Native children and school buildings.
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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