GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Montana: MT-2
St. Labre Indian School
1000 Tongue River Road
Ashland, MT 59003
Phone 406-784-4536
Email: See website (Contact Us) or info@stlabre.org
History: St. Labre Indian School, Ashland, Rosebud County, Montana, has been a predominantly Native American (Cheyenne, Crow) school near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation and in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Archives: Great Falls, Montana).
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1884-1933 |
Mother Amadeus Dunne, O.S.U. [Ursulines], and the Ursulines (Archives: Toledo, Ohio) established and staffed St. Labre School (Cheyenne) |
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1885-1897 |
Jesuits (Turin Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Labre’s |
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1899-1914 |
Helena diocesan priests administered St. Labre’s |
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1914-1925 |
Society of St. Edmund (Archives: Swanton, Vermont) administered St. Labre’s |
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1917 |
St. Labre’s rebuilt after a destructive fire |
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1926-2004 |
Capuchins (St. Joseph’s Province) (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) administered St. Labre’s |
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1933-ca. 1980 |
School Sisters of St. Francis (United States Province) (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) staffed St. Labre’s |
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1928-1938 (closed), 1947-present |
St. Labre’s established/ reestablished a high school |
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1967-1999 (closed), 2000-present |
St. Labre’s first established St. Labre Home/ Cheyenne Home, which it reorganized as St. Labre’s Youth and Family Services |
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1971-present |
St. Labre’s incorporated |
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1978-1985 |
U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs funded the school |
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2001-present |
Pretty Eagle Academy (Cheyenne), St. Xavier, and St. Charles Borromeo School (Crow), Pryor, joined and have been administered by the St. Labre Indian School system |
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2004-present |
Laity have administered the St. Labre Indian School system |
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ca. 2004-present |
A Great Falls-Billings diocesan priest and a Sister of Charity of Leavenworth (Archives: Leavenworth, Kansas) have served the school |
History of Pretty Eagle Academy, St. Xavier, Crow Reservation
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1887-1965 |
Jesuits established and administered Pretty Eagle Academy/ St. Francis Xavier School (Crow), St. Xavier, Crow Reservation |
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1965-2000 |
Capuchins (St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) administered Pretty Eagle Academy |
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2001-present |
Pretty Eagle joined the St. Labre Indian School System |
St. Charles Borromeo School, Pryor, Crow Reservation:
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1890-2001 |
Jesuits (Turin, California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established St. Charles Borromeo School (Crow), Pryor |
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1892-1898 (closed) |
Ursulines (Western Province) (Archives: Great Falls, Montana) staffed St. Charles |
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1925-1930s |
Capuchins (St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) reopened and staffed the school |
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1935-present |
Congregation of the Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis (Archives: Oldenburg, Indiana) have staffed the school |
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2001-present |
St. Charles Borromeo joined the St. Labre Indian School System |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1926-ongoing, undated
Volume: Over 23.0 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Labre Indian School pertain to its schools at its main campus only. Because these records are not arranged according to a classification scheme, the description is by record type. For the records of Pretty Eagle Academy, St. Xavier, see the repository entry for St. Dennis Church, Crow Agency, and for the records of St. Charles Borromeo School, see the repository entry for St. Charles Borromeo Church, Pryor.
/1. Administrative records
Inclusive dates: 1889-ongoing
Volume: Over 10.0 cubic feet
Description: Correspondence, deeds, maps, and meeting minutes.
/2. Board minutes
Inclusive dates: 1927-ongoing
Volume: Over 1.0 cubic foot
Description:
A. Board of St. Labre Mission, 1927, 1930, 1933; 1 volume
B. Mission Board, 1970-1975; 2 volumes
C. Board of Directors, 1971-ongoing; 5 volumes
/3. Student records
Inclusive dates: 1928-ongoing
Volume: Over 2.0 cubic feet
Description: High school transcripts arranged alphabetically.
/4. Publications
Inclusive dates: 1948-ongoing
Volume: Over 2.0 cubic feet
Description:
A. The Arrow, 1950-unknown; fundraising newsletter
B. Bells of St. Labre, 1948-unknown; fundraising newsletter
C. The Chief, 1953?-unknown; school yearbook
D. Morning Star/ The Morning Star People, 1965-ongoing; ca. 1 cubic foot; fundraising newsletter
E. The Race of Sorrows, 1956-1971; ca. .5 cubic foot; fundraising newsletter
F. A Portrait of Saint Labre Indian Mission through One Hundred Years: Ashland, Montana, 1884-1984, Sister Carlan Kraman, S.S.F.
G. Sandal Prints, 1961?-1984?; fundraising newsletter
/5. Photographs
Inclusive dates: 1926-ongoing, undated
Volume: Over 7.0 cubic feet
Description: St. Labre School and Northern Cheyenne and Crow Indians, Capuchins, and School Sisters of St. Francis.
A. Motion pictures by Finton Schaub, ca. 1930s-1960, undated.; ca. 1.0 cubic foot
B. Still prints, 1926-, undated; over 6.0 cubic feet
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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