GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Nevada: NV-1
Corpus Christi Church
3597 North Sunridge Drive
Carson City, NV 89705
Phone: 775-267-3200
Email: generaloffice@ccchurchcc.org
History: Corpus Christ Church, Carson City, Nevada, had been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Reno (Archives: Reno, Nevada). Jesuits at Corpus Christi served Native American students (e.g. Paiute, Shoshoni, Washoe) at the Stewart Government Indian School.
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1949 |
Reno diocesan priests established Corpus Christi Church on the Stewart School campus, Carson City |
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1949-1968 |
Jesuits (California Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) at St. Gall’s, Gardnerville, attended to Corpus Christi and to students at the Stewart School |
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1968-1980 (school closed) |
Jesuits at St. Teresa of Avila, Carson City, attended to Corpus Christi and to students at the Stewart School until the school closed |
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1980-1990 |
Reno diocesan priests at St. Teresa’s attended to Corpus Christi |
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1990-2000s |
Reno diocesan priests administered Corpus Christi |
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2000s-present |
Corpus Christi Church relocated to a new Carson City site, from which Reno diocesan priests continued to administer the parish |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1949-1980
Volume: Several entries among a few volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American students at the Stewart Government Indian School.
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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