GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Montana: MT-36
Immaculate Conception Church
513 Dawson Street
P.O. Box 789
Wolf Point, MT 59201
Phone: 406-653-2610
History: Immaculate Conception Church, Wolf Point, Fort Peck Reservation, Montana, has been a predominantly Native American (Assiniboine, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, Hunkpapa Lakota, Métis) parish in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Archives: Great Falls, Montana).
1865-1913 |
Jesuits (Turin, California Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) visited the Fort Peck Reservation |
1913-1917 |
Benedictines (Innsbruck Abbey) (Archives: Tyrol, Austria) at Our Lady of Lourdes, Poplar, established and attended to Immaculate Conception Mission |
1917-1931 |
Became a parish; Benedictines administered Immaculate Conception Church |
1931-present |
Great Falls-Billings diocesan priests have administered Immaculate Conception |
1949-1973 (closed) |
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth (Archives: Leavenworth, Kansas) staffed Immaculate Conception School |
Benedictines and Great Falls-Billings diocesan priests at Immaculate Conception attended to the following Native American (Assiniboine, Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota, Hunkpapa Lakota) missions on the Fort Peck Reservation, Montana:
1917-1931 (closed) |
St. Joseph Mission, Frazer |
ca. 1980 (became a parish) |
Our Lady of Lourdes Mission, Poplar |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1917-ongoing
Volume: At least 5 volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials; some copies) for Native American parishioners of Immaculate Conception Church and its attended missions.
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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