GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Wisconsin: WI-30

Mount Mary University. School Sisters of Notre Dame. North American Province. Archives
Bergstrom Hall, Rm. 86
2900 North Menominee River Parkway
Milwaukee, WI 53222

Phone: 414-930-3437
Email: mmu-archives@mtmary.edu

 

History: School Sisters of Notre Dame. North American Province Archives, founded 2017, comprises the archival holdings of eight former province archives, two of which contain records pertaining to Native Americans -- the Dallas Province and the Milwaukee Province.

Founded in Bavaria, 1833, the School Sisters of Notre Dame have self-identified with the post-nominal initials, S.S.N.D.” They established their Milwaukee Province, 1850, their Dallas Province, 1961, and staffed and/or administered the following missions, parishes, and schools among Native Americans.

Milwaukee Province:

1886-1986	Holy Childhood of Jesus School (Ottawa), Harbor Springs, Michigan
1891-1995	Our Lady of the Sioux Church (Lakota), Oglala, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota
Ca. 1980-unknown	Hope Rural School (Maya), Indiantown, Florida

Dallas Province:

1972-1979	Sacred Heart Church (Tohono O’odham), Covered Wells, Tohono O’odham Reservation, Arizona
1976-1980	San Jose Mission (Tohono O’odham), Pisinemo, Tohono O’odham Reservation, Arizona
1979-1986	St. Lucy Mission (Pima), Gila Bend, Arizona
1980-1984	Santa Rosa Mission (Tohono O’odham), Santa Rosa, Tohono O’odham Reservation, Arizona
1981-present	St. Francis Mission (Tohono O’odham, Pima), Ak-chin, Ak-chin Reservation, Arizona
1974-1974	Public Health Service Indian Hospital, Fort Defiance, Navajo Reservation, Arizona
1974-1976	Navajo Community College, Tsaile, Navajo Reservation, Arizona
1990-1992	Chinle, Chinle High School, Navajo Reservation, Arizona

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1886-ongoing

Volume: Several folders 

Description:

 

/1 Milwaukee Province

Inclusive dates: 1886-ongoing

Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot

Description:

A. Convent chronicle, 1886-1996, possibly 2 folders, German with English translations, 1886-ca. 1918; English only thereafter

B. Holy Childhood Church, 150th Anniversary History, 1979?, 1 manuscript

C. “Michigan Indian Ceremonial,” 1951, 1 folder presumed

D. Clippings, dates unknown, volume unknown

E. Personnel files, dates unknown, volume unknown, includes Sister Onesma Josiah (Ottawa, unknown-1987)

 

/2 Dallas Province

Inclusive dates: 1972-ongoing

Volume: Ca. .1 cubic foot 

Description: Chronicles and clippings, re: pastoral ministry among the Pima and Tohono O’odham Indians, Arizona, 1972-present, and nursing education among Navajo Indian students, Chinle High School, Chinle, Arizona, 1990-1992.    

 

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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