GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
South Dakota: SD-18
St. Paul Church
102 Church Drive
Marty, SD 57380
P.O. Box 266
Marty, SD 57361
Phone: 605-384-3234
Email: See website (Contact Us)
History: St Paul Church, Marty, Yankton Reservation, South Dakota, has been a predominantly Native American (Yankton) parish in the Diocese of Sioux Falls (Archives: Sioux Falls, South Dakota).
1839, 1866 |
Rev. Pierre-Jean de Smet, S.J. [Jesuits], visited the Yankton Dakota Indians in South Dakota |
1840 |
Rev. Christian Hoecken, S.J., visited the Yankton Dakota Indians in South Dakota |
1877 |
Rev. Martin Marty, O.S.B. [Benedictines], visited the Yankton Dakota Indians in South Dakota |
1880-1881 (closed) |
Rev. John F. Malo and the Sisters of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Archives: Aberdeen, South Dakota) established and administered St. Ann Chapel and School (Yankton Dakota), Wheeler |
1884-1887 (closed) |
Yankton Indian Industrial School (Yankton Dakota), Yankton, Yankton Reservation |
1884-1888 |
Sioux Falls diocesan priests at St. Vincent, Springfield, visited the Yankton Reservation |
1911-1913 |
While based at St. Francis Mission, St. Francis, Rev. Henry I. Westropp, S.J., and catechist Nicholas Black Elk (Oglala) visited the Yankton Reservation |
1914-1916 |
Rev. Westropp established St. Paul Mission (Yankton Dakota), Ravinia, Yankton Reservation, and administered it with catechist Nicholas Black Elk |
1917-1921 |
From Immaculate Conception, Stephan, Rev. Sylvester Eisenman, O.S.B., and the Benedictines (St. Meinrad Archabbey) (Archives: St. Meinrad, Indiana) attended to the Yankton Reservation missions: St. Paul Mission, St. John Mission (Yankton Dakota), Greenwood, and St. Francis Solano Mission (Yankton Dakota), White Swan |
1920 |
An Indian day school opened at Ravinia |
1921-1980s (transferred to Sioux Falls Diocese) |
Benedictines (St. Meinrad Archabbey and Blue Cloud Abbey) (Archives: St. Meinrad, Indiana) administered St. Paul Church |
1924-1975 (transferred to a community corporation) |
St. Paul鈥檚 founded a parish school staffed by teachers from the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People (Archives: Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
1935 |
Rev. Sylvester Eisenman, O.S.B., founded the Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Yankton Dakota) at St. Paul鈥檚 |
1935-1980s |
Oblate Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament (Marty, South Dakota) also taught at St. Paul School |
1980s-1997 (transferred to Regular Franciscans, Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Province) |
Sioux Falls diocesan priests administered St. Paul鈥檚 |
1985-1997 |
Congregation of Priests of the Sacred Heart (United States Province) (Archives: Franklin, Wisconsin) at St. Mark鈥檚, Lake Andes, attended to St. Paul鈥檚 in consort with an Oblate Sister of the Blessed Sacrament and a Permanent Deacon |
1997-present |
Regular Franciscans (Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Province) (Archives鈥 Loretto, Pennsylvania) at St. Mark鈥檚, Lake Andes, attended to St. Paul鈥檚 in concert with an Oblate Sister of the Blessed Sacrament and a Permanent Deacon |
Jesuits and Benedictines at St. Paul's attended to the following Native American missions and schools in South Dakota and Nebraska:
1915-1916 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Stephan) |
St. John Mission (Yankton Dakota), Greenwood, Yankton Reservation, South Dakota |
1915-1916 (transferred to Holy Rosary, Pine Ridge) |
Sacred Heart Mission (Santee Dakota, Ponca), Santee, Santee Reservation, Nebraska |
Sacred Heart Mission (Santee, Ponca), Santee, Santee Reservation, Nebraska |
St. Francis Solano Mission (Yankton Dakota), Lake Andes/ White Swan, Yankton Reservation, South Dakota |
1921-1980s (closed) |
St. John the Evangelist Mission (Yankton Dakota), Greenwood, Yankton Reservation, South Dakota |
1931-1957 (closed) |
Sacred Heart Mission (Santee, Ponca), Santee, Santee Reservation, Nebraska |
1934-1948 (closed) |
St. John Day School (Yankton Dakota), Greenwood, Yankton Reservation, South Dakota |
1938-1958 (closed) |
St. Gregory Mission (Brul茅), Greenwood/ Missouri Bottom, Yankton Reservation, South Dakota |
1939-1946 (closed) |
St. Placid Home for Homeless Indian Babies (Yankton Dakota), Marty, Yankton Reservation, South Dakota |
1940-1965 (closed) |
St. Catherine of Sienna Mission (Yankton Dakota), Rising Hail Colony, Yankton Reservation, South Dakota |
1941-1957 (closed) |
Sacred Heart Mission (Santee Dakota, Ponca), Niobrara, Santee Reservation, Nebraska |
1948-1957 (transferred to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Lynch, Nebraska) |
St. William Mission (Santee Dakota, Ponca), Niobrara, Santee Reservation Nebraska |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1839-ongoing
Volume: At least 1 cubic foot
Description: The records at St. Paul Mission were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a 蜜桃影像 archivist, 1984. Consequently, the description is by record type.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1839-ongoing
Volume: At least 6 volumes
Description:
A. Baptisms, 1839-ongoing; baptisms from 1839 to ca. 1870s were transcribed by Rev. Henry Westropp, S.J., ca. 1910s
B. Marriages, 1922-ongoing
C. Deaths, 1918-ongoing
D. First communions, 1944-ongoing
/2 Census record
Inclusive dates: 1940s
Volume: 1 folder:
Description: Lists members of each household in the parish.
/3 Financial records
Inclusive dates: 1920s-ongoing
Volume: At least 1 folder
Description: Primarily deeds, abstracts, and other documentation dealing with land transactions.
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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