GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Oklahoma: OK-31
St. Mary Church
707 East Ponca Avenue
Ponca City, OK 74601
Phone: 580-765-7794
Email: See website (Our Staff)
History: St. Mary/ St. Felix Church, Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish and school with a few Native American (e.g. Kansa, Otoe, Ponca) parishioners and students in the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (Archives: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma). Oklahoma City arch/diocesan priests at St. Mary’s attended to the following Native American stations in Oklahoma:
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1895-1910 (closed) |
Otoe Reservation station, Noble and Kay Counties |
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1895-1902 (closed) |
Kaw Reservation station (Kansa), Kay County |
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1895-1909 (became a mission) |
Tonkawa station (Tonkawa), Tonkawa, Kay County |
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1909-1911 (transferred to St. Joseph's, Blackwell) (no longer Native) |
St. Joseph Mission (Tonkawa), Tonkawa, Kay County |
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1897-1904 (closed) |
Lillivole station (Ponca) [Kay County?] |
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1899-1906 (transferred to St. Francis, Newkirk) |
Chilocco Government Indian School (e.g. Cheyenne, Arapaho, Wichita, Comanche, Pawnee), Newkirk, Kay County |
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1904-1909 (closed) |
White Eagle station (Ponca), Kay County |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: Bulk 1895-1911
Volume: 1 volume
Description: Sacramental records for the Native American students at the Chilocco School and the Native American parishioners at the Kay County stations.
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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