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ST. FRANCIS MISSION RECORDS

Notable Historical Events and Leaders

Source: Entry Number M-228a of Guide to Catholic-Related Native American Records in Midwest Repositories, 2004

Dates
Event
1846-1851
Reverend Pierre-Jean de Smet (1801-1873), S.J., an itinerant missionary, visited the Brulé Indians.
1870-1881
Under the Peace Policy of President Grant, the government banned Catholic missionaries from the Rosebud Agency.
1870-1880s
On many different occasions Chief Spotted Tail (1823-1881) stated his request for Catholic missionaries. In 1877 at a White House meeting with President Rutherford B.
Hayes, Spotted Tail said: "I would like to say something about a teacher. My children, all of them, would like to learn how to talk English. They would like to learn
how to read and write. We have teachers there, but all they teach us is to talk Lakota, and to write Lakota, and that is not necessary. I would like to get Catholic
 priests. Those who wear black dresses. These men will teach us how to read and write English ..."
1879, 1889
The Vicariate Apostate of Dakota Territory was established, which became the Diocese of Sioux Falls in 1889.
1879-1894
Bishop Marty served as Vicar of Dakota Territory and then first Bishop of Sioux Falls.
1879-1886
Bishop Marty sent Benedictines from Standing Rock Reservation to visit intermittently.
1883
Reverend Francis M. Craft (Mohawk), a diocesan priest, resided on the Rosebud Reservation.
1883-1888
Priests residing on the Rosebud Reservation visited intermittently on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

1885

Bishop Marty asked Jesuits from the German Province (Buffalo, New York and Holland; now Munich, Germany) to establish a mission. The Jesuits agreed, acquired the site,

and constructed the first building. The Jesuit community was established the following year. The site, then called Hinhansunwapa (Owl Feather Bonnet) was located near the

camps of Chief Two Strike, the successor to Spotted Tail. Saint Katharine Drexel (1858-1955), a wealthy Philadelphia heiress, funded the first building and provided

substantial financial support thereafter.
1886-1976
The Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity (first, the Mary Immaculate Province, Nonnenwerth, Germany, then the  Holy Name Province, Stella Niagara,
New York, and later the Sacred Heart Province, Denver, Colorado) established a community and taught at the St. Francis Mission school.
1886?-1965
St. Francis Mission operated a ranch in Nebraska.
1884-1901
The federal government provided varying levels of school funding.
1891
Rosebud Reservation delegates attended their first annual Catholic Sioux Congress at Standing Rock Reservation. The catechetical ministry and the St. Mary and St. Joseph
Societies were then organized within the reservation parishes.
1891
For the first time, school enrollment exceeded 200 students, grades 1-8.
1893-1937
Many parishes were established throughout the Rosebud Reservation. They were served by itinerant pastors from St. Francis Mission.
1893
St. Francis Mission hosted its first Catholic Sioux Congress.
1895-
St. Charles Church at St. Francis Mission was built and served as the school chapel and a local parish.
1896-1904
Federal school funding decreased gradually and then stopped. More money became available through Saint Katharine Drexel and other  church sources. 
1897
St. Francis Mission hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1899-1931
Throughout the Rosebud Reservation itinerant Jesuits from St. Francis Mission established and attended to many chapels and missions, a number of which became parishes
eventually.
1902
The Diocese of Lead was established and included all of South Dakota west of the Missouri River.
1902-1909
Bishop John Stariha (1845-1915) served as the first Bishop of Lead.
1905
St. Francis Mission hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1906-1935
The government made tribal treaty funds available for school support. These were federally administered funds available on a per capita basis through a petition process.
1907
Among the Jesuits, administration over St. Francis Mission transferred from the German Province's Buffalo Mission to the former Turin Province's Rocky  Mountain Mission
(now consolidated with the Italian Province, Rome, Italy).
1908
St. Francis Mission hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1909
Among the Jesuits, administration over St. Francis Mission transferred to the California Province (Los Gatos, California).
1909
The school enrollment exceeded 300 students for the first time.
1909
16 Jesuits (4 priests and 12 brothers), 18 Sisters of St. Francis, and 3 catechists served the mission, school, and chapels throughout the reservation.
1910-1915
Bishop Joseph Busch (1866-1953) served as the second Bishop of Lead.
1911-1913
Itinerant Jesuits from St. Francis established and attended to a mission on the Yankton Reservation, which thereafter became an independent mission.
1912
Among the Jesuits, administration over St. Francis Mission transferred to the Missouri Province (headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri).
1916-1948
Bishop John J. Lawler (1862-1948) served as the third Bishop of Lead.
1916
Most of the mission buildings are destroyed by fire, including the church, Jesuit residence, and girl's dormitory. Many administrative records were also destroyed but the boy's
dormitory (a masonry building) and the carpentry shop remained.
1924
St. Francis Mission hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1924
The school organized its first boy's basketball team for varsity competition.
1925-1933
Camp DeSmet was operated by the mission.  It was a summer camp for non-Indian urban youth who attended Jesuit schools.
1925-1926, 1934-1941
St. Francis Mission High School participated in the National Catholic Interscholastic Basketball Tournament at Loyola University,  Chicago a and placed 3rd in 1935, 4th in
1940, and 2nd in 1941.They were recognized in 1938 as the best coached team and in 1940 as the team overcoming the greatest handicap. Nonparticipation in 1927 was due
to an outbreak of scarlet fever on the reservation.
1925-1975
Several churches were closed throughout the Rosebud Reservation. See the Chronology of Parishes below for details.
1929
St. Francis Mission hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1930
The Diocese of Lead became the Diocese of Rapid City, reflecting the change in see cities from Lead to Rapid City.
1931
St. Francis Mission received high school accreditation.
1933
St. Francis Mission graduated its first high school class.
1935
Federal funds became available to subsidize the boarding of students.
1936
St. Francis Mission celebrated its 50th anniversary and hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1940s-1950s
The enrollment at the St. Francis Mission school exceeded 500 students.
1947-1969
Bishop William T. McCarty (1889-1972), C.S.s.R., served as the fourth Bishop of Rapid City (formerly, Diocese of Lead).
1950
The Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum was built at the mission to house and display Reverend Buechel's collection of Brulé and Oglala material culture.
1955
Among the Jesuits, administration of St. Francis Mission transferred to the Wisconsin Province (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).
1957
St. Francis Mission hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1964-1975
The dormitories are phased out and St. Francis Mission school transformed from a boarding school to a day school.
1964-
The "Sioux For Christ" Sunday program began broadcasting on radio stations throughout Nebraska and North and South Dakota.
1965-ca.1980
The Rosebud Christian Social Action group operates a joint Catholic-Protestant venture providing socio-economic programs throughout the reservation.
1967
St. Francis Mission school formed a Parent Advisory Board.
1968
The Holy See approved the restoration of the permanent diaconate as a ministry for the Church in the United States.
1968 
St. Francis Mission hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1969-1987
Bishop Harold J. Dimmerling (1914-1987) served as the fifth Bishop of Rapid City.
1970
The Parent Advisory Board formed a community corporation, Sicangu Oyate Ho, Inc.
1972
St. Francis Mission school was renamed St. Francis Indian School and Sicangu Oyate Ho assumed control.
1972-1973
St. Francis Indian School began to receive federal contract school aid.
1972-1980
St. Francis Mission continued to provide administrative and financial support to St. Francis Indian School.
1972-1976
The St. Francis community developed and hosted activities celebrating the U.S. bicentennial.
1974
The Diocese of Rapid City established a permanent deaconate program.
1975
The Diocese of Rapid City ordained Steven Red Elk and Reno Richards as permanent deacons. They are the first Native Americans in the United States to be so ordained.
1975-1976
Sicangu Oyate Ho now employed all of the key personnel at St. Francis Indian School with a contract from the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the 1975 Indian  Self-

Determination and Educational Assistance Act, PL 93-638.
1977-1978
The Diocese of Rapid City established the Sioux Spiritual Center, Maphiya Na Maka Okogina ["Between Heaven and Earth"] at Plainview as an administrative and retreat

center for the permanent diaconate and Native outreach programs.
1978
St. Francis Mission established radio station KINI (96.1 FM).
1970s
The parishes in Mission, Norris, Parmelee, and White River are now served by resident pastors from St. Francis Mission.
1980
St. Francis Mission hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1982
The Sisters of St. Francis Community closed but Sister Helen Borszich, O.S.F., remained.
1983
St. Charles Church, St. Francis, hosted a Catholic Sioux Congress.
1985
Reverend Collins P. Jordan (1917-2004) was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Rapid City and assigned to St. Charles Church, St. Francis.  He was the first Oglala Indian

in the Diocese to be so ordained.
1986
St. Francis Indian School and St. Francis Mission celebrate their centennial year.
1986
A Mini-Tekakwitha Conference is held at St. Francis.
1988-1997
Bishop Charles J. Chaput (1944-, Potawatomi), O.F.M. Cap., served as sixth Bishop of Rapid City and then Archbishop of Denver. He is the second Native American

appointed a bishop in the United States.
1997-
Bishop Blase J. Cupich (1949-) served as 7th Bishop of Rapid City.
1990
The Diocese established an Inculturation Project Office to revitalize the faith among its 14,000 Lakota Catholics.
1992
The Diocesan Inculturation Project Office surveyed 10% of the American Indian Catholics and found 43% under age 18 and less than 20% practicing the Catholic faith. 
1992
The Sisters of St. Francis at St. Francis Mission, Red Cloud Indian School, and nearby towns in Nebraska merged their communities and formed the Serena Regional
Community.
1992
On behalf of himself and all pre-World War II Lakota catechists in the Diocese, Harry Blue Thunder (Brulé) of the Rosebud Reservation received the Lumen Christi Award of
the Catholic Church Extension Society.
2000
Reverend Richard Jones, S.J., received the Lumen Christi Award of the Catholic Church Extension Society.
2003
Icimani Ya Waste, a multipurpose center, is established with Sister Helen Borszich, O.S.F. as the director.

 


Religious Communities

Jesuit Superiors

From 1886 to 1994, the Superior of the Jesuit Community served simultaneously as Director of Rosebud Education Society.

Sources: Catalogs of the German, Missouri, Wisconsin, and combined U.S.A. Provinces of the Society of Jesus.

Dates Served
Name (Birth-Death)
1886-1893
Reverend Emil M. Perrig (1846-1909), S.J.
1893-1896  
Reverend John B. Jutz (1838-1924), S.J.
1896-1916
Reverend P. Florentine Digmann (1846-1931), S.J.
1916-1923
Reverend Eugene Buechel (1874-1954), S.J.
1923-1924
Reverend P. Florentine Digmann (1846-1931), S.J.
1924-1930
Reverend Joseph A. Zimmerman (1885-1954), S.J.
1930-1936
Reverend Martin A. Schiltz (1891-1979), S.J.
1936-1946
Reverend Mathew A. Connell (1894-1957), S.J.
1946-1950
Reverend Lawrence C. Helmueller (1908-), S.J.
1950-1957
Reverend Joseph P. Zuercher (1897-1957), S.J.
1957-1963
Reverend Richard G. Pates (1919-1989), S.J.
1963-1969
Reverend Richard T. Jones (1914-), S.J.
1969-1982
Reverend Bernard D. Fagan (1922-1997), S.J.
1982-1983
Reverend Richard T. Jones (1914-), S.J.
1983-1989
Reverend Patrick M. McCorkell (1944-), S.J.
1989-1994
Reverend Robert J. Tillmann (1948-), S.J.
1994-1997
Reverend James J. Strzok (1939-), S.J.
1997-2003
Reverend Ronald S. Seminara (1944-), S.J.
2003-present
Reverend John E. Hatcher (1943-), S.J.

Superiors of the Sisters of St. Francis

From 1886-1970, the Superior of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity served simultaneously as Principal of St. Francis Mission Grade School.

Sources: House Chronicles at St. Francis Mission and the Sacred Heart Province Archives of the Sisters St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity.

Dates Served
Name (Birth-Death)
1886-1888
Reverend Mother Kostka Schlaghecken (1850-1932), O.S.F.
1888-1889
Sister Rosaria Lampe (1875-1929), O.S.F. (Acting)
1889-1907
Reverend Mother Leopoldine Serries (1845-1929), O.S.F. (Absent, 1892-1907)
1892-1907
Sister Cecilia Steffen (1835-1904), O.S.F. (Acting)
1894
Sister Camilla Lutz (1869-1943), O.S.F. (Acting)
1899
Reverend Mother Kostka Schlaghecken (1850-1932), O.S.F.
1907-1919
Reverend Mother Salesia Schmidt (1859-1925), O.S.F.
1919-1921
Reverend Mother Regina Stolz (1886-1937), O.S.F.
1921-1923
Reverend Mother Ludgera Terheggen (1874-1959), O.S.F.
1923-1927
Reverend Mother Majella Bleicher (1891-1935), O.S.F.
1927-1933
Reverend Mother Mathilda Schwartz (1867-1943), O.S.F.
1933-1939
Reverend Mother Evarusta Carver (1882-1960), O.S.F.
1939-1944
Reverend Mother Bertrand Flemming (1893-1984), O.S.F.
1944-1948
Reverend Mother Boniface Hufnagel (1895-1982), O.S.F.
1948-1950
Reverend Mother Hilga (Agnes) Gunther (1912-), O.S.F.
1950-1951
Reverend Mother Carmen Baumeister (1918-1999), O.S.F.
1951-1956
Reverend Mother Cecilia Lenenbrink (1924-), O.S.F.
1956-1960
Reverend Mother M. Liguori O'Reilly (1912-), O.S.F.
1960-1964
Reverend Mother Elenius Pettinger (1919-), O.S.F.
1964-1967
Reverend Mother Annette Tschacher (1930-), O.S.F.
1967-1973
Reverend Mother Genevieve Cuny (Oglala, 1930-), O.S.F.
1973-1979
Sister Helen Borszich (1935-), O.S.F.
1979-1982
Sister Betty Adams (1938-), O.S.F.

 


Rosebud Education Society

Directors

From 1886-1994, the Superior of the Jesuit Community served simultaneously as Director of Rosebud Education Society.

Sources: St. Francis Mission.

Dates Served
Name (Birth-Death)
1886-1994
See list of Jesuit Superiors.
1994-1999
Reverend Mr. Marlon Leneaugh (1957-, Brulé)
1999-
Ms. Mary Van Winkle (1961-)

 


St. Francis Indian/Mission Schools

Directors/Superintendents (Jesuits and Laity)

From 1886 to 1946, the Superior of the Jesuit Community served simultaneously as the Director/Superintendent of the St. Francis Mission School.

Double asterisk [**] = Served as assistant superintendent only.

Single asterisk [*] = Employed by Sicangu Oyate Ho as superintendent only.

Sources: Catalogs of the German, Missouri, Wisconsin, and combined U.S.A. Provinces of the Society of Jesus and St. Francis Mission Records.

Dates Served
Name (Birth-Death)
1886-1946
See list of Jesuit Superiors.
1946-1947
Reverend Harold A. Fuller (1911-1955), S.J.
1947-1948
Reverend Burton J. Fraser (1899-1971), S.J.
1948-1950
Reverend Stanislaus E. Kalamaja (1914-1978), S.J.
1950-1956
Reverend George M. Pieper (1917-1998), S.J.
1956-1962
Reverend Joseph C. Gill (1926-), S.J.
1970-1971
Reverend Christian F. Keeler (1921-1996), S.J.*
1971-1975
Reverend Joseph C. Gill (1926-), S.J.
1975-1977
Mr. Leland Bordeaux (Brulé)**
1977-present
See St. Francis Indian School for listings of personnel.

Grade School Principals (Sisters of St. Francis and Laity)

From 1886 to 1970,  the Superior of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity served simultaneously as the Principal of the St. Francis Mission Grade School.

Single asterisk [*] = Employed by Sicangu Oyate Ho.

Source: St. Francis Mission Records.

Dates Served
Name
1888-1970
See list of Superiors of the Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity
1970-1975
Sister Ann Jean Rotherham, O.S.F.
1975-1977
Mr. Mark A. Bordeaux, Sr. (Brulé)*
1977-present
See St. Francis Indian School for listings of personnel.

High School Principals (Jesuits, Sisters of St. Francis and Laity)

From 1931 to 1968, the Director/Superintendent of the St. Francis Mission School served simultaneously as the Principal of the St. Francis Mission High School.

Single asterisk [*] = Employed by Sicangu Oyate Ho.

Source: St. Francis Mission Records.

Dates Served
Name
1931-1968
See list of Directors/Superintendents of St. Francis Mission School.
1968-1970
Reverend Christian F. Keeler, S.J. (1921-1996)
1970-1972
Sister Bernard, O.S.F.
1972-1975
Mr. Leland Bordeaux (Brulé)*
1975-1977
Mr. Richard J. Bordeaux (Brulé)*
1977-present
See St. Francis Indian School for listings of personnel.

Chairs, Parent Advisory Board/Sicangu Oyate Ho (Laity)

Source: St. Francis Mission Records.

Dates Served
Name
1968-1969
Mr. Cato Valandra (Brulé)
1969-1970
Mr. Manley Nightpipe (Brulé)
1970-1971
Ms. Doris Leader Charge (Brulé)
1971-1972
Mr. Burton Whiting (Brulé)
1972-1974
Mr. Manley Nightpipe (Brulé)
1974-1975
Mr. Charles Archambault (Brulé)
1975-1976
Ms. Angelene Rabbit (Brulé)
1976-present
See St. Francis Indian School for listings of personnel.

Executive Directors (Laity)

Double asterisk [**] =Employed by Sicangu Oyate Ho as C.E.O. of St. Francis Indian School.

Source: St. Francis Mission Records.

Dates Served
Name
1971-1977
Mr. Frank LaPointe (Brulé)**
1977-present
See St. Francis Indian School for listings of personnel.


Parishes

From 1899-1931, itinerant Jesuits from St. Francis Mission established and attended to many chapels and missions throughout the Rosebud Reservation. Multiple congregation and/or community names indicate name changes with current ones appearing first followed by past ones. Congregations with resident pastors are so noted.

Chronology    

Source: Entry Number M-228a of Guide to Catholic-Related Native American Records in Midwest Repositories, 2004

Dates (Disposition)
Congregation, Community
1895-present  St. Charles Church, St. Francis
1899- (1960s, transferred to St. Peter's Wood; 1978, transferred to Sacred Heart, White River; 1987, transferred to St. Ignatius, White River) St. Peter Mission, Okreek/Oak Creek
1899- (1960s, transferred to Sacred Heart, White River; 1987, becomes a parish with resident pastor) St. Ignatius Mission, White River
1905-1961 (closed) St. Joseph Mission, Red Leaf/Black Pipe
1905- (1970s, became a parish with resident pastor) St. Bridget's Mission, Rosebud
1910- (1960s, became a parish with resident pastor; 1978, transferred to Sacred Heart, White River; 1987, transferred to St. Ignatius, White River) St. Peter/ Our Lady of Good Counsel Mission, Wood/White Thunder
1911-1925 (closed) St. Rita Mission, Corn Creek
1911-1950 (closed) Holy Rosary Mission, He Dog
1911-1964 (closed) St. Catherine's Mission, Bad Nation
1911-1975 (closed) Sacred Heart Mission, Ring Thunder
1911- (1970s, transferred to St. Agnes, Parmelee) Sacred Heart Mission, Upper Cutmeat
1912- (1970s, transferred to St. Agnes, Parmelee) Ss. Patrick and Bridget/Our Lady of Good Counsel Mission, He Dog
1912-present  St. Mary/ St. Francis of Assisi Mission, Ironwood
1912-present  St. Patrick/ St. Andrew Mission, Spring Creek
1913-1952 (closed) Holy Family Mission, Lower Cutmeat
1915- (1946, transferred to St. Thomas the Apostle, Mission) Guardian Angel Chapel, Rosebud Boarding School, Mission
1926-1927 (closes) Our Lady of Victory Mission, Bull Creek
1926- (1934, transferred to St. Thomas the Apostle, Mission) St. Theresa Mission, Hidden Timber
1926-1949 (closed) Sacred Heart Mission, Lakeview
1926-present  St. Rose Mission, Soldier Creek
1927-1961 (closed) Sacred Heart Mission, White Horse Camp
1927- (1970s, became a parish with resident pastor) St. Agnes Mission, Parmelee
1927-present  Holy Family Mission, Horse Creek
1927-present Immaculate Conception Mission, Two Strike
1928-1949 (closed) St. Mary Mission, Little White River
1929-1949 (closed) St. Mary Mission, Hollow Horn Bear
1929-1951 (closed) Holy Family/St. Sophie's Mission, Cedar Butte
1930- (1934, transferred to St. Thomas the Apostle, Mission) St. Michael Mission, Carrollton
1930-1945 (closed) St. Francis Xavier Mission, Bull Creek
1930-1956 (closed) St. John the Apostle Mission, Mosher
1930- (1970s, became a parish with resident pastor) Sacred Heart Church, Norris
1931-1951 (closed) St. James the Apostle Mission, Horse Shoe Butte
1931-ca. 1970 (closed) Sacred Heart Mission, Bull Creek
1933-present (became a parish with resident pastor) St. Thomas the Apostle Church, Mission
1963-1970 (closed) Sacred Hearts of Mary and Jesus Mission, White Horse

Native Catechists (Brulé laity)

Source: St. Francis Mission Records, Stipend Lists in Series 3-2 Financial Records; Compiled in 1992 for the Lumen Christi Award Application of the Diocese of Rapid City.

Name
Known dates served, 1930-1954
Arrow Side 1933-1934
Arrowside, Frank 1931-1945, 1948-1954
Arrow Sight, Frank 1931
Big Crow, John 1930-1935, 1946-1947
Black Elk, Paul 1930-1944
Black Elk, Valandra 1933-1934
Blue Thunder, Harry 1935-1936
Bordeaux, Francis 1935-1936
Bulltail, Moses 1934, 1936
Chasing Hawk, Jesse 1930-1938
Crow Good Voice, William 1931-1952
Eagle, B. 1936
Guerue, Albert 1951-1954
Hollow Horn Bear, Dan 1931, 1935, 1945-1948
Hollow Horn Bear 1930, 1935
Iron Shell, Isaac 1946-1952
Jackson, Narcisse 1935-1936
Larvie, Tom 1934-1935
Law Seeder, George 1935
Leading Fighter, Ben 1933-1934, 1937-1951
Little, Noah 1950-1951
Little Bull, Tom 1930-1936
Little Thunder, Clark 1932-1933
Low Cedar, George 1934-1935, 1938, 1946
Moccasin Face, George 1931-1937
Night Pipe, Alfred 1934-1936
Penneaux, Charles 1935-1936
Picket Pin, David 1934
Red Fish 1932-1933
Red Fish, William 1931-1934, 1943-1945
Running Bird, Henry 1931-1934
Sharp Fish, Leo 1930-1934
Sleeping Bear, Paul 1932
Swift, Charles 1946-1948
Thin Elk, Joe 1936
Walking Eagle, Felix 1934-1946
Walking Eagle, Joseph 1944-1946
White Crane Walking, Isaac 1931-1933
White Hat, Joseph 1931-1936, 1938-1944
White Lance, Joe 1933

Native Permanent Deacons

Source: Diocese of Rapid City

Dates Served
Name (Birth-Death)
Community, Dates Served
1976- Reverend Mr. Ben Black Bear, Jr. (Brulé) (1946-) St. Francis, Rosebud Reservation, 1976- .
1987-1990 Reverend Mr. Truman Stevens, Jr. (Brulé St. Francis, Rosebud Reservation, 1987-1990.
1993- Reverend Mr. Marlon Leneaugh (Brulé) (1957-) Mission, Rosebud Reservation, 1993- .
1994- Reverend Mr. Leroy DeCory (Brulé) (1938-) St. Francis, Rosebud Reservation, 1994-1995; Rapid City, 1995- .
1998- Reverend Mr. Harold Condon (Sans Arc) (1949-) Cherry Creek, Cheyenne River Reservation, 1985-1988; Oglala, Pine Ridge Reservation, 1985-1994; Dupree, Cheyenne River Reservation, 1994-1998; Parmelee, Rosebud Reservation, 1997-1999.


 

KINI Radio

Directors (Jesuits)

Position discontinued in 1996.

Source: St. Francis Mission Records.

Dates Served
Name (Birth-Death)
1978-1982
Reverend Joseph C. Gill (1926-), S.J.
1982-1985
Mr. John T. Carr (1943-), S.J.
1985-1996
Reverend Christian F. Keeler (1921-1996), S.J.

Managers (Laity)

Dates Served
Name (Birth-Death)
1978?-198?
198?-1992
Mr. Mark Iyotte (Brulé)
1992-
Mr. Bernard Whiting, Jr. (1956-, Brulé)

 

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