GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-17
Ss. Peter and Paul Church
105 North Fifth Street
Mankato, MN 56001
Phone: 507-388-2995
Email: See website (Contact Us)
History: Ss. Peter and Paul Church, Mankato, Minnesota, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Winona (Archives: Winona, Minnesota).
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1851-1855 |
Canon Francis de Vivaldi established and administered Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel and School (Winnebago [Ho Chunk]), Winnebago Reservation, Long Prairie, Minnesota |
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1852-1855 |
Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet (Archives: St. Paul, Minnesota) taught at Our Lady of Sorrows School |
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1855 |
The Government relocated the Winnebago Indians to a new reservation at Blue Earth, Minnesota |
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1855-1856 (closed) |
The Sisters of the Love of God (Long Prairie, Minnesota) taught at Our Lady of Sorrows School; the Sisters were a new community founded by Canon de Vivaldi |
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1856-1862 (closed) |
Winona diocesan priests at Ss. Peter and Paul, Mankato, attended to the Winnebago Mission, Blue Earth |
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1862-1863 |
Winona diocesan priests at Ss. Peter and Paul attended to Dakota Indians (e.g. Santee Dakota, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota) incarcerated after the Dakota War of 1862 |
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1863 |
The United States relocated the Dakota Indians to reservations in Nebraska and South Dakota and the Winnebago Indians to the Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1856-1862
Volume: 1 volume
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of the Winnebago Mission and the incarcerated Dakota Indians.
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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