GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
South Dakota: SD-35
Immaculate Conception Church
206 Crow Creek Loop
Stephan, SD 57346
Phone: 605-852-2216
Email: pastteam@gwtc.net
History: Immaculate Conception Church, Stephan, Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota, has been a predominantly Native American (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) parish in the Diocese of Sioux Falls (Archives: Sioux Falls, South Dakota).
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1884-1885 |
Sioux Falls diocesan priests visited the Crow Creek Reservation from Ss. Peter and Paul, Pierre |
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1887-1971 (transferred to a Community corporation) |
Benedictine Sisters (Yankton, South Dakota) established and administered Immaculate Conception School (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Crow Creek Reservation |
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1887-1954 |
Benedictines (St. Meinrad Abbey) (Archives: St. Meinrad, Indiana) established and administered Immaculate Conception Church/ Mission |
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1954-1997 |
Benedictines (Blue Cloud Abbey) (Archives: St. Meinrad, Indiana) administered Immaculate Conception |
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1997-2000s |
Priests of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart (U.S. Province, Hales Corners, Wisconsin) administered Immaculate Conception |
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2000s-present |
Sioux Falls diocesan priests administered Immaculate Conception |
Benedictines at Immaculate Conception attended the following Native American missions and stations in South Dakota:
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1892-1896 (became a parish) |
Corpus Christi Mission (Sans Arc Lakota), Cheyenne Agency, Cheyenne River Reservation |
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1894-1896 (transferred to Corpus Christi, Cheyenne Agency) |
St. Joseph Mission (Sans Arc Lakota), Cherry Creek, Cheyenne River Reservation |
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1895-1923 (became a parish) |
St. Mary Mission (Brulé Lakota), Lower Brule, Lower Brule Reservation |
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1897-1961 (became a parish) |
St. Joseph Mission (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Fort Thompson/ Crow Creek, Crow Creek Reservation |
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ca. 1908-1913 (became a mission) |
Fort George station (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton), Crow Creek Reservation |
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1913-1923 (transferred to St. Mary's, Lower Brule) |
Divine Infant Mission (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Fort George, Crow Creek Reservation |
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ca. 1915-1917 (transferred to St. John's, Pierre) |
Big Bend station (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Crow Creek Reservation |
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1917-1921 (became a parish) |
St. Paul Mission (Yankton Dakota), Marty/ Ravinia |
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1917-1921 (transferred to St. Paul's, Marty) |
St. John Mission (Yankton Dakota), Greenwood |
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1917-1921 (transferred to St. Paul's, Marty) |
St. Francis Solano Mission (Yankton Dakota), White Swan |
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1917-1961 (transferred to St. John's, Pierre) |
Sacred Heart Mission (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Big Bend, Crow Creek Reservation |
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1920-1921 (transferred to St. Paul's, Marty) |
Ravinia Day School (Yankton Dakota), Ravinia |
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1923-1946 (closed) |
St. Benedict Mission (Brulé Lakota), Soldier Creek Rosebud Reservation |
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1936-ca. 1957 (closed) |
Good Shepherd Mission (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Grace Mission |
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1956-1961 (became a parish) |
St. John Mission (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Pierre |
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1975-1982 (closed) |
St. John Mission (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Pierre |
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1975-present |
St. Catherine/ Sacred Heart Mission (Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Big Bend, Crow Creek Reservation |
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1975-present |
Pierre Government Indian School (Dakota, Lakota) |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1884-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records for Immaculate Conception and its Native American missions and stations; baptisms and marriages, 1884-present; deaths, 1898-present; includes sacramental records of St. John Church, Pierre, South Dakota, 1961-1975.
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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