GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Alaska: AK-44
Church of the Nativity
P.O. Box 105
St. Marys, AK 99658
Phone: 907-438-2133
History: Church of the Nativity, St. Marys (formerly Akulurak), Kusilvak Census Area, Alaska, has been a small and predominantly Native American (Yupik Eskimo) parish on the Andreafsky River near its confluence with the Yukon River and in the Diocese of Fairbanks (Archives: Fairbanks, Alaska).
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1894-1951 |
Jesuits (Turin, Canada, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri, and Montreal, Quebec) established and administered St. Mary’s Mission (Yupik Eskimo, Ingalik [Eskimo]), Akulurak |
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1894-1898 (closed) |
Jesuits and Sisters of St. Ann (Archives: Lachine, Quebec) established and administered St. Mary’s School (Yupik Eskimo, Ingalik [Eskimo]), Akulurak |
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1905-1973 (closed) |
Jesuits and Ursulines (Western Province) (Archives: Santa Rosa, California) established and administered St. Mary’s School |
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1951 |
St. Mary’s Mission and School relocated to St. Marys on the Andreafsky River |
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1951-1987 (closed) |
Jesuits and Ursulines staffed St. Mary’s School |
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1951-1972 |
Jesuits administered St. Mary’s Mission |
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1973-present |
In collaboration with the Jesuits, the parish community established the Church of the Nativity |
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1973-present |
Jesuits administered the parish |
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1991-present |
A Jesuit and Sisters of St. Francis administers the Fairbanks diocesan Native Ministries Training/ Conference Center based at the parish; includes training for the permanent diaconate and rural and Native American ministries |
Jesuits at St. Mary’s established and attended the following Native American (Yupik Eskimo) missions and stations:
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1890s-1914 (became a Mission; transferred to Our Lady, Russian Mission and Church of Mary, Marshall) |
Pilot Station |
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1899-1943 (became a parish) |
St. Ignatius Mission, Alakanuk |
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1890s-1921 (became a mission) |
Mountain Village station |
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1943-1951 |
Sacred Heart Mission, Emmonak; also attended from Numan Iqua and other locations |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: ca. 1894-ongoing
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records for (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Church of the Nativity/ St. Mary’s Mission and its attended missions and station.
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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