GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
North Dakota: ND-18
St. Michael Indian Mission
136 First Street
St. Michael, ND 58370
P.O. Box 958
Devil’s Lake, ND 58301
Phone: 701-766-4151
Email: michaels@gondtc.com
History: St. Michael Church, St. Michael, Fort Totten Reservation, North Dakota, has been a predominantly Native American (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) parish in the Diocese of Fargo (Archives: Fargo, North Dakota).
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1874-1878 |
Rev. Louis Bonin established and administered Our Lady of Sorrows Chapel and School (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) near present-day St. Michael Mission, Fort Totten, Spirit Lake/ Devil’s Lake Reservation, St. Michael |
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1884-1980s (transferred to Fargo Diocese) |
Benedictines (Archives: St. Meinrad, Indiana) established and administered St. Michael Mission (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) |
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1929-1971 (transferred to a Native community corporation) |
The Soeurs grises de Québec (Archives: Beauport, Québec) established and staffed Little Flower School (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) at St. Michael's |
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1980s-present |
Fargo diocesan priests have administered St. Michael’s |
Seven Dolors was the center of evangelization on the Spirit Lake/ Fort Totten Reservation, 1884-1929. With the opening of Little Flower School, 1929, the center shifted to St. Michael's with Benedictines residing at both St. Michael's and Seven Dolors, 1949-1980s. The Benedictines at St. Michael's, and the Fargo diocesan priests who followed them, have attended these Native American Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota) missions on the Fort Totten Reservation, North Dakota.
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1929-1949 (became a parish) |
Seven Dolors Mission, Fort Totten, Fort Totten Reservation |
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1929-1949 (transferred to Seven Dolors, Fort Totten) |
St. Jerome Mission, Crow Hill, Fort Totten Reservation |
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1929-1950 (no longer Native) |
St. James Mission, Warwick, Fort Totten Reservation |
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1929-present |
Christ the King Mission, Tokio, Fort Totten Reservation |
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1936-1961 (closed) |
East End station |
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1936-1961 (closed) |
Graham's Island station |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1874-ongoing, undated
Volume: At least 5.5 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Michael Mission were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ archivist, 1980. Consequently, this description is by record type.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1874-ongoing
Volume: At least 13 volumes
Description: Baptisms, 1874-ongoing, marriages, 1908-ongoing, deaths, 1920-ongoing, first communions and confirmations, 1914-ongoing; the sacramental records of baptisms, 1874-1907, first communions, 1914-1952, and confirmations, 1914-1968, are copies; the original books for the baptisms, 1874-1907, marriages, 1875-1907, and deaths, 1905-1920, are at Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota
/2 Minutes of St. Michael's Indian Mission, Inc.
Inclusive dates: 1956-ongoing
Volume: 1 folder
/3 Financial records
Inclusive dates: 1971, undated
Volume: 1 folder
Description: Relate to land transfers, such as deeds, abstracts, and patents.
/4 Northern Lights
Inclusive dates: 1932-1970
Volume: .3 cubic foot
Description: Mission publication.
/5 Subject file
Inclusive dates: 1930s-ongoing (bulk: 1960s-ongoing)
Volume: 4.0 cubic feet
Description: Relate primarily to financial matters.
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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