GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
South Dakota: SD-33
Tekakwitha Housing Corporation and Tekakwitha Living Center
711 Veterans Avenue
Sisseton SD 57262
Phone: 605-698-7693
History: The Tekakwitha Housing Corporation, the Tekakwitha Living Center, et.al., Sisseton, South Dakota, have served the Lake Traverse Reservation in the Diocese of Sioux Falls (Archives: Sioux Falls, South Dakota).
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1935-1964 (closed) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (North Central Area) (Archives: Washington, D.C.) and Sisters of the Divine Savior (Archives: Milwaukee, Wisconsin) established and administered the Tekakwitha Hospital (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Sisseton, Sisseton Reservation |
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1938-1969 (closed) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate and Sisters of the Divine Savior established and administered the Tekakwitha Adolescent Treatment Facility/ Indian Children's Home/ Orphanage, School, and Chapel (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Sisseton |
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1962-1991 |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate and Sisters of the Divine Savior established and administered the Tekakwitha Nursing Center (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Sisseton |
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1989-present |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate established and administered the Tekakwitha Housing Corporation, Sisseton |
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1989-1990s (closed) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate established and administered the Tekakwitha Fine Arts Center, Sisseton |
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1989-1990s (closed) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate established and administered the Tekakwitha Indian Mission (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), Sisseton |
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1991-1996 (transferred to Benedictine Health System) |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate continued to administer the Tekakwitha Nursing Center |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1938-1969, undated
Volume: 1.6 cubic feet
Description: The records of the Tekakwitha Adolescent Treatment Facility were not organized according to a classification scheme when inspected by a ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ archivist, 1980. Consequently, their description is by record type.
/1 School records
Inclusive dates: 1938-1969
Volume: At least 1.5 cubic feet
Description: Student files arranged alphabetically by surname; for each child there is a permanent record card containing the following information: name, date of admission, family background, religion, health record, previous schools, grades, test scores, and "character training;" some folders contain more extensive documentation, such as correspondence and progress reports.
/2 Financial reports
Inclusive dates: 1972-ongoing
Volume: At least 1 folder
Description: Annual reports to the Oblate Provincial House (St. Paul, Minnesota).
/3 Minutes of administrative meetings
Inclusive dates: 1941-ongoing
Volume: At least 1 volume
Description: Meetings of the administrators of the school and home.
/4 Correspondence
Inclusive dates: 1949
Volume: 4 letters
Description: To Rev. John Pohlen, O.S.B. [Benedictines]
/5 Photographs
Inclusive dates: Undated
Volume: At least 7 prints
Description: Photographs of Native children and school buildings.
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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