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St. Paul Mission and School
P.O. Box 40
Hays, MT 59527

Phone: 406-673-3300

 

History: St. Paul Mission and School, Hays, Fort Belknap Reservation, Montana, has been a predominantly Native American (Atsina, Assiniboine, M茅tis) parish in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Archives: Great Falls, Montana).

1884-1886	Jesuits (Turin, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: Great Falls, Montana) at St. Peter鈥檚, Fort Shaw, established and attended to St. Paul Mission and School (Atsina, Assiniboine, M茅tis)
1886-1970	Jesuits administered St. Paul鈥檚
1887-1936	Ursulines (Western Province, Santa Rosa, California) staffed St. Paul School
1936-1985	School Sisters of St. Francis (United States Province) (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) staffed the school
1970-1985	Capuchins (St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) administered St. Paul鈥檚
1985-present	Jesuits have administered St. Paul鈥檚
1985-present	Jesuit Volunteers and Dominican Sisters (Archives: Sparkill, New York) have staffed the school

Jesuits and Capuchins at St. Paul鈥檚 have attended to the following missions among the Atsina and Assiniboine Indians and M茅tis on and near the Fort Belknap Reservation:    

1898-present	St. Thomas Mission, Lodge Pole, Fort Belknap Reservation
1924-present	Sacred Heart Church, Fort Belknap, Fort Belknap Reservation
1940-present	St. Joseph Church, Zortman, Phillips County; Native in part

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans: 

Inclusive dates: 1862-ongoing

Volume: At least 7 volumes and 1 reel of microfilm (Diocese of Great Falls-Billings, reel 7; filmed to 1961) 

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of St. Paul Mission and its attended Native missions. It is believed that the school holds the student records, ca. 1985-ongoing. 

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 蜜桃影像 Archives.

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