GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
South Dakota: SD-12
St. Mary Church
508 Gall Street
P.O. Box 185
Lower Brule, SD 57568
Phone: 605-473-5335
History: St. Mary Church, Lower Brule, Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota, has been a predominantly Native American (Brul茅 Lakota) parish in the Diocese of Sioux Falls (Archives: Sioux Falls, South Dakota).
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1895-1923 |
Benedictines (St. Meinrad Archabbey) (Archives: St. Meinrad, Indiana) at Immaculate Conception, Stephan, South Dakota, established and attended to St. Mary Mission (Brul茅 Lakota) |
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1923-present |
Congregation of Priests of the Sacred Heart (United States Province) (Archives: Franklin, Wisconsin) administered St. Mary Church |
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1942-1944 |
Fire destroyed St. Mary Church, which was rebuilt 2 years later |
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1998-2003 |
Sisters of St. Francis of the Holy Family (Archives: Dubuque, Iowa) evangelized St. Mary鈥檚 |
Priests of the Sacred Heart from St. Mary's have attended the following missions and stations among the Brul茅 Indians on the Lower Brule Reservation:
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1923-1981 (closed) |
Divine Infant Mission, Fort George |
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1923-1939 (closed) |
Cedar Creek station |
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1923-1939 (closed) |
Medicine Creek station |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1923-ongoing
Volume: At least 2.3 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Mary Church were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a 蜜桃影像 archivist, 1980. Consequently, the description is by record type.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1923-ongoing
Volume: At least 3 volumes
Description:
A. Baptisms and marriages, 1923-ongoing
B. Deaths, 1926-ongoing
C. First communions and confirmations, 1974-ongoing
/2 Financial records
Inclusive dates: 1973-1977/ongoing
Volume: At least 2 volumes
Description: Journals with monthly statements
/3 Subject file
Inclusive dates: 1977-ongoing
Volume: At least 2 cubic feet
Description: Alphabetically arranged records generated and collected by Rev. Patrick Lloyd, C.S.J. [Congregation of Priests of the Sacred Heart], Rev. Paul Casper, C.S.J., and others.
Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 蜜桃影像 Archives.
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