GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Kansas: KS-4
St. John the Evangelist Church
1229 Vermont Street
Lawrence, KS 66044
Phone: 785-843-0109
Email: churchoffice@saint-johns.net
History: St. John the Evangelist Church, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas (Archives: Kansas City, Kansas). Kansas City in Kansas arch/diocesan priests at St. John's attended to students at Haskell Indian Nations University/ Haskell Indian Junior College/ Haskell Institute (e.g. Dakota-Lakota, Eskimo, Navajo, Ojibwa), Lawrence.
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1884-present |
Haskell Indian Nations University/ Haskell Indian Junior College/ Haskell Institute established and has served American Indian and Eskimo students from throughout the United States |
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1905-1941 |
Kansas City in Kansas/ Leavenworth diocesan priests from St. John’s attended to Haskell students |
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1920s-1930s |
Rev. Phillip Gordon (Ojibwa), served as chaplain to Catholic students at Haskell |
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1941-1967 |
Jesuits from St. Mary’s College, St. Marys, attended to Haskell students |
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1967-1987 |
Kansas City in Kansas diocesan priests from St. John’s attended to Haskell students |
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1987-present |
Capuchins from St. John’s attended to Haskell students |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1905-1941, 1967-ongoing
Volume: At least .1 cubic foot
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for students from Haskell Indian Nations University and its predecessor institutions.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Archives.
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