GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Indiana: IN-16
Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods. Archives
1 Sisters of Providence Road
St. Mary-of-the-Woods, IN 47876
Phone: 812-535-2880
History: St. Mother Theodore Guerin founded the Sisters of Providence at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods, Indiana, 1840, who self-identify with the post-nominal initials, S.P.” The sisters served the Hunkpapa Lakota Indians at St. Peter Mission, Fort Yates, Standing Rock Reservation, North Dakota, with pastoral ministry and summertime religious education, 1960s-1980s.
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1960s-1980s
Volume: Few items
Description: Memoirs of sisters who served at St. Peter Mission, Fort Yates.
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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