GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-45
St. Joseph Church and School
218 East Twelfth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90015
Phone: 213-748-5394
History: St. Joseph Church, Los Angeles, California, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish with a few Native American (e.g. Lakota, Navajo) parishioners in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Archives: Mission Hills, California).
Ca. 1950s-1960s |
St. Joseph Church sponsored the Catholic Indian Club, which was organized and led by club president Etta “Mrs. Chester” Roubideaux (Brulé Lakota, Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota) of Paramount, California (Reference: Tekakwitha Conference Records, Ӱ Special Collections and Archives, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: Ca. 1950s-1960s
Volume: Few entries among several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of St. Joseph Church.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Ӱ Archives.
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