GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
South Dakota: SD-5
All Saints Church
138 North Spruce Street
P.O. Box 110
Eagle Butte, SD 57625
Phone: 605-964-3391
Email: See Diocese of Rapid City website (parishes)
History: All Saints Church has been a predominantly Native American parish administered by Rapid City/ Lead diocesan priests (1911-1953, unknown-present) and the Congregation of Priests of the Sacred Heart (United States Province, Hales Corners, Wisconsin) (1953-unknown). All Saints is one of six past and/ or present predominantly Native parishes on the Cheyenne River Reservation (Sans Arc Lakota). The others have been Corpus Christi Church, Cheyenne Agency; St. Joseph Church, Cherry Creek; St. Mary Church, La Plant; St. Therese Church, White Horse; and Sacred Heart Church, Dupree, which likewise, have been administered by diocesan and Sacred Heart priests.
1892-1959 (closed) |
Corpus Christi Church, Cheyenne Agency |
1894-1919 (became a parish) |
St. Joseph Church, Cherry Creek |
1896-1903 (closed) |
St. Catherine Mission, Bad River |
1901-1906 (became a mission) |
Moreau River station |
1903-1919 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Cherry Creek) |
St. Peter Mission, Cheyenne River |
1905-1970 (closed) |
St. Mary Church, La Plant |
1906-1961 (transferred to St. Therese, White Horse) |
St. Catherine/ St. John the Evangelist Mission, Promise/ Moreau River |
1906-1912 (became a mission) |
Thunderbutte station |
1909-1911 (became a mission) |
White Horse station |
1911-ca. 1938 (closed) |
St. Matthew Mission, Parade |
1911-1961 (became a parish) |
St. Therese/ St. Paul Mission, White Horse |
ca. 1911-1919 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Cherry Creek) |
Blessed Sacrament/ St. Leo Mission, Bull Creek |
1911-1917 (became a mission) |
Lantry station |
1911-present |
Sacred Heart Mission, Dupree |
1911-present |
All Saints Church, Eagle Butte |
1912-1935 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Faith) |
St. Luke Mission, Thunderbutte |
ca. 1915-1919 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Cherry Creek) |
St. Mark Mission, Lower Cherry Creek |
ca. 1915-1919 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Cherry Creek) |
St. Pius Mission, Cherry Creek |
1917-ca. 1966 (closed) |
St. John the Evangelist Mission, Lantry |
1923-1950 (closed) |
St. Basil Mission, Mossman |
1923-1958 (closed) |
St. Catherine Mission, Four Bears |
1929-present |
St. Joseph Mission, Ridgeview |
1932-ca. 1942 (closed) |
St. Mary, Help of Christians Mission, Pleasant Valley |
1932-ca. 1948 (closed) |
St. Peter Mission, Cheyenne River |
1938-1958 (closed) |
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Mission, Moreau River |
1950-unknown (closed) |
St. Luke Mission, Thunderbutte |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1890-ongoing, undated
Volume: At least 1.7 cubic feet
Description: The records at All Saints Church were not organized according to a classification scheme when inspected by a Marquette University archivist, 1980. Consequently, the description is by record type.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1890-ongoing
Volume: At least 1.5 cubic feet
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for All Saints Church, Eagle Butte, Corpus Christi Church, Cheyenne Agency, Sacred Heart Church, Dupree, St. Mary Church, La Plant, and their Native missions and stations.
/2 Photographs
Inclusive dates: 1908-ongoing, undated
Volume: At least 190 prints
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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