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AMERICA'S FIRST NATIONS CURRICULA COLLECTION, 2000, 0.15 foot (unprocessed).

Photographs and video recordings from the America's First Nations Summer Institute for K-12 social studies teachers hosted by Marquette University with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Most materials were included in the America's First Nations website. [Connect to Website] [Connect to Inventory]

ANDREWS, FRANK, MUSIC COLLECTION, 1956-1972, n.d., 0.8 foot.

Audio recordings of American Indian songs in native languages. Most were recorded in Montana, Oklahoma, and South Dakota at festivals or in private homes. [Connect to Inventory]

ARCHAMBAULT, SISTER MARIE THERESE, O.S.F., PAPERS, 1937-2008, n.d., 0.4 foot.

Papers of a teacher-scholar who was a Sister of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity and a Hunkpapa Indian from North and South Dakota. [Connect to Inventory]

ASSOCIATION OF NATIVE RELIGIOUS AND CLERGY RECORDS, 1957, 1966, 1973-1974, 1977, 1982-1983, 1985-1988, 1990, 1992, n.d. [ca. 1979-1996], 0.2 c.f.

Primarily photographs of ANRC gatherings, an ANRC statement to the Tekakwitha Conference (1992), and notes from an interview of Reverend Georges P. Mathieu (Potawatomi). [Connect to Inventory]

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BELLEAU, JULIUS M., COLLECTION, 1815-1925, n.d., 0.1 foot [3 reels microfilm].

Records pertaining to Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church and School, Pembina, North Dakota, and Catholic evangelization of Ojibwa Indians and Métis. [Connect to Inventory]

BLACK AND INDIAN MISSION COLLECTION (COMMISSION FOR CATHOLIC MISSIONS AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE AND THE INDIANS)

See -- Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records. [Connect to Inventory] 

BLACK AND INDIAN MISSION OFFICE RECORDS

See -- Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records. [Connect to Inventory] 

BLACKFOOT RESEARCH PROJECT COLLECTION, 1939-1958, 0.2 foot [1 reel microfilm].

Papers pertaining to the history, culture, and cultural assimilation of the Siksika Indians in Montana. [Connect to Inventory]

BUREAU OF CATHOLIC INDIAN MISSIONS RECORDS, 1848-[ongoing], 609.7 feet [421 reels microfilm] (25.0 feet unprocessed).

This collection comprises the records of the Black and Indian Mission Office, which houses three related Catholic Church agencies -- the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions (established 1874), the Black and Indian Mission Collection (established 1884; formally known as the Commission for Catholic Missions Among the Colored People and the Indians), and The Catholic Negro-American Mission Board (established 1907; formerly the Catholic Board for Mission Work Among the Colored People). The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions promotes Catholic evangelization among Native Americans in the United States; the Black and Indian Mission Collection raises funds for African American and Native American evangelization in the United States; and The Catholic Negro-American Mission Board also raises funds for and supports African American evangelization. Correspondence, reports, photographs, publications, and government documents comprise the bulk of the collection. [Connect to Inventory] The online Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions and The Indian Sentinel digital collections include selected images and articles. [Connect to Digital Collections]

BUREAU OF CATHOLIC INDIAN MISSIONS DIGITAL IMAGE COLLECTION

Selected images of Native Americans and associated Catholic clergy and religious from the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Sacred Heart Province Franciscan Records, and the Walter Bernard Hunt Collection. [Connect to Digital Collections]

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THE CATHOLIC NEGRO-AMERICAN MISSION BOARD (FORMERLY THE CATHOLIC BOARD FOR MISSION WORK AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE)

See -- Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records. [Connect to Inventory] 

CHIAPAS (MEXICO) AND CENTRAL AMERICA COLLECTION, Bulk 1980s-2000s, 7.0 feet (unprocessed).

Photography and papers by Richard G. Flamer, a Vietnam War veteran, anti-war activist, and Catholic Worker. The images document the life of the poor and refuges in Chiapas, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua, including Maya Indians, 1980s-2000s. Also documented is the development of a Catholic Worker center and farm in San Cristobal las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. [Connect to Inventory] 

COMMISSION FOR CATHOLIC MISSIONS AMONG THE COLORED PEOPLE AND THE INDIANS  (BLACK AND INDIAN MISSION COLLECTION)

See -- Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records. [Connect to Inventory] 

CONCEPTION ABBEY RECORDS, 1876-1980, 0.1 foot [3 reels microfilm].

Conception Abbey Benedictine (Conception, Missouri) records pertaining to Catholic missions and schools in North and South Dakota among the Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan, Hunkpapa, Santee, and Sisseton-Wahpeton Indians. [Connect to Inventory]

CONRAD N. HILTON FUND FOR SISTERS RECORDS, 1986-[ongoing], 94.2 feet (65.6 feet unprocessed).

Records of a fund established by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation in 1986 to support humanitarian projects directed by Catholic sisters in impoverished and underdeveloped areas worldwide. Most projects pertain to health care, education, economic development, and welfare. Several projects have served indigenous Native Americans in the United States and elsewhere in the Americas. [Connect to Inventory]

COOK, JOSEPH W., COLLECTION, 0.1 foot [2 reels microfilm].

Pertains to Yankton Indian kinship and Dakota language. Consult an archivist for further information.

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DIOCESE OF HELENA RECORDS, 1855-2003, 0.1 foot [3 reels microfilm].

Sacramental records of Siksika Indians in Montana. This collection is restricted. Consult an archivist for further information.

DIOCESE OF SAN CRISTOBAL LAS CASAS RECORDS, 1540-1698, 1.0 foot (unprocessed).

Photographic slides regarding church and government relations with Maya Indians in Chiapas, Mexico. Consult an archivist for further information.

DOLL, DON, S.J., COLLECTION, 1977-1979,1983,1985-1996, 1998-[ongoing], n.d., 3.8 feet (0.7 cubic foot unprocessed).

Primarily color photography for art publications about Brulé, Hunkpapa, Oglala, Sans Arc, Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton, and Yankton Indians in South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota and Winnebago Indians in Nebraska. Related background documentation is also included for Vision Quest: Men, Women and Sacred Sites of the Sioux Nation. [Connect to Inventory]

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EWENS, MARY, O.P., PAPERS, 1882-1987, 2.0 feet (2.0 unprocessed).

Facsimiles and research notes regarding American Indian and Yupik Eskimo women religious sisters in the United States during the 19th and 20th centuries and Italian sisters who worked with Jews in Europe during World War II. This collection is restricted. Consult an archivist for further information.

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FALLA-SÁNCHEZ, RICARDO, S.J., PAPERS, 1937-[ongoing], n.d., 0.7 foot [6 reels microfilm] (0.4 foot unprocessed).

Facsimile research notes and manuscripts, copy photographs, and recorded interviews by and about Quiché Indians in Guatemala. The materials are in Spanish and Quiché and correlate with the author's Ph.D. dissertation and published writings. [Connect to Inventory]

FLUSCHE, DELLA M., PAPERS, 0.4 foot (unprocessed).

Transcripts and research notes mostly in Spanish, which pertain to Jesuit missions among native people of Chile during the 17th and 18th centuries. Consult an archivist for further information.

FOX, NOEL P., PAPERS, 1924-1981, 20.0 feet.

Case files, correspondence, clippings, and reports of Noel P. Fox, the U.S. District Court judge for the Western District of Michigan, 1962-1979. Included is a federal court case concerning the fishing rights of Ottawa Indians.  

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HAMILTON, RAPHAEL N., S.J., PAPERS, 1912-1973, 2.6 feet.

Papers of a Marquette University professor of history that includes articles, correspondence, presentations and reviews on his research regarding Père Jacques Marquette, S.J., and other French explorers in North America. [Connect to Inventory]

HOLY ROSARY MISSION -- RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL RECORDS, 1868-[ongoing], 162.1 feet [40 reels microfilm] (92 feet unprocessed).

Records of Red Cloud Indian School (formerly Holy Rosary Mission), which pertain to the Catholic Church, Oglala Indians, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. [Connect to Inventory]

HOLY ROSARY MISSION -- RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL DIGITAL IMAGE COLLECTION

Selected online images from the Holy Rosary Mission -- Red Cloud Indian School Records. [Connect to Digital Collections]

HONOR OUR NEIGHBORS' ORIGINS AND RIGHTS RECORDS, 1990-2006, 0.5 foot [1 reel microfilm].

Records of Honor Our Neighbors' Origins and Rights, a Midwest-based independent advocacy organization for treaty rights and justice issues affecting American Indians. The collection contains minutes of Board of Directors' meetings and its newsletter, HONOR Digest.  [Connect to Inventory]

HUNT, WALTER BERNARD "BEN," COLLECTION, 1937, 1941; 1937?-1940s?; Used 1945, 1947; n.d., 0.1 foot.

Photographs of Oglala and Ojibwa Indians in regalia (including Black Elk), birch-bark canoes, and wood-crafted figurines. [Connect to Inventory] The online Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Digital Collection includes selected images from this collection. [Connect to Digital Collections]  

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INCULTURATION TASK FORCES RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS AD-HOC COMMITTEE ON NATIVE AMERICANS, 1993-[ongoing], n.d., 1.0 foot.

Records of task forces on Native American-Catholic liturgical inculturation within the dioceses of Rapid City (South Dakota) and Tucson (Arizona) and reports of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' Ad Hoc Committee on Native American Catholics. [Connect to Inventory]

THE INDIAN SENTINEL DIGITAL COLLECTION

The Indian Sentinel is an illustrated magazine within the Bureau of Catholic Indian Mission Records. The English language edition is available online. [Connect to Digital Collections

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JANDA, JAMES, PAPERS, n.d. 0.6 foot (0.6 foot unprocessed).

Primarily poetry, plays, and children's stories. Most notable is "The Hanbelachia Collection," which pertains to Native Americans and Catholic evangelization by Jesuits in South Dakota. This collection is restricted. Consult an archivist for further information.

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KATERI TEKAKWITHA PROJECT ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1991-1996, 2.2 feet.

Recordings, transcripts, photographs, and field notes regarding American Indian prayer and religious devotions to Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha (Mohawk), a sainthood candidate. The interviewees were Brulé, Hunkpapa, Oglala, and Sans Arc Indians in South Dakota and Jemez, Laguna, Navajo, Pima, and Tohono O'odham, Indians in Arizona and New Mexico. [Connect to Inventory]

KISEMANITO CENTRE COLLECTION, 1981-1986, n.d., 4.6 feet (1.2 feet unprocessed).

Recordings of Native Catholic ministry formation classes and public celebrations in Canada that pertain to Native Christian beliefs, ceremonies, psychology, alcohol use prevention, and native legal status. Some presenters are from the United States. Consult an archivist for further information.

McGILLYCUDDY, VALENTINE T., PAPERS, 1867-1940, 0.1 foot [45 microfiche].

Copies pertaining to Dr. Valentine Trant McGillycuddy's career as a physician, cartographer, and Indian Agent (Oglala Indians) in Nebraska and South Dakota. Consult an archivist for further information.

MARQUETTE, PÈRE JACQUES, COLLECTION

See -- University Archives -- D2 Jesuit Community Records and Père Marquette Collection.

MARQUETTE LEAGUE FOR CATHOLIC INDIAN MISSIONS RECORDS, 1901-1991, 0.3 foot [1 reel microfilm].

Records of a lay fund-raising organization that supported Native American Catholic schools and students in the United States. Included is a periodical, The Calumet, 1913-1958. [Connect to Inventory]

MORGAN, THOMAS J., PAPERS, 1889-1893, 0.6 foot.

Facsimiles of letter books compiled by Thomas Jefferson Morgan as Commissioner of Indian Affairs, pertaining to American Indian assimilation and education and administration of the U.S. Office of Indian Affairs, including conflicts with the Catholic Church. Consult an archivist for further information.  

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NORTH AMERICAN FRENCH REGIME COLLECTION, 1593-1977, n.d., 0.9 foot [29 reels microfilm].

Records regarding the exploration and Catholic evangelization of the Great Lakes and the Mississippi and St. Lawrence River regions by France and the French Province Jesuits. [Connect to Inventory]

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OSAGE MISSION RECORDS, 1847-1881, 0.4 foot [1 reel microfilm].

Records from the Jesuits' Osage Mission and the Osage Manual Labor School for Osage Indian students in Kansas. [Connect to Inventory]

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PEÑA CALAC, JULIANA, PAPERS, 1887-1960, 0.2 foot.

Papers regarding the Cupeño Indians of Pala, California, with family life, schooling, and relations with the community and the U.S. Armed Forces being the principal subjects. [Connect to Inventory]

PINE RIDGE RESERVATION CHURCH REGISTER, EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN SOUTH DAKOTA, 1879-1908, 0.1 foot [1 reel microfilm].

Episcopal Church sacramental records of Oglala Indians in South Dakota. Consult an archivist for further information.

PROYECTO PASTORAL MAYA = MAYA PASTORAL PROJECT RECORDS, 1992-2005, n.d., 0.1 foot.

Records of a national Catholic ministry to Maya Indians under the auspices of the United States Catholic Conference. [Connect to Inventory]

PRUCHA, FRANCIS PAUL, S.J., PAPERS, 1927-[ongoing], 23.8 feet.

Papers of a Marquette University professor of history regarding the relationship between the United States government and Native American groups. Included are extensive correspondence and subject files, chiefly with other U.S. historians, editors, academic publishers, former students, and professional historical organizations; research project files, teaching notes, manuscripts of lectures and presentations, and photographs of Indian peace medals are also included. [Connect to Inventory]

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RADIN, PAUL, PAPERS, 1903-1991, n.d., 13.1 feet. (4.0 feet unprocessed).

Papers and publications regarding oral literature and religious beliefs of ethnic groups in North America, Africa, and the East Indies. Included are rare articles and books, notes, and mostly facsimile correspondence from other repositories. [Connect to Inventory]

RAPID CITY (SOUTH DAKOTA) JOURNAL NATIVE AMERICAN REFERENCE FILE, 1891, 1939-1941, 1946, 1955-1984, n.d. 0.1 foot [72 microfiche].

Clippings with biographical and historical notes on Brulé, Sans Arc, and Oglala Indians and associates on the Pine Ridge, Rosebud, and Cheyenne River Reservations as well as Rapid City. Major topics include the American Indian Movement and Indian claims to the Black Hills. Consult an archivist for further information.

RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL RECORDS

See -- Holy Rosary Mission -- Red Cloud Indian School Records. [Connect to Inventory]

REUSS, HENRY S., MENOMINEE INDIAN RECORDS, 1952-1979, 1.6 feet.

Correspondence, publications, printed materials, and photographs regarding the termination, restoration, and welfare of the Menominee Indians and the designation of the Wolf River as a National Scenic River[Connect to Inventory]

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SACRED HEART PROVINCE FRANCISCAN RECORDS, 1829-1981, 4.8 feet [43 reels microfilm].

Records pertaining to Franciscans and women religious among Menominee and Ojibwa Indians  in Wisconsin, Ojibwa and Ottawa Indians in Michigan, and Pima Indians in Arizona. [Connect to Inventory] The online Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Digital Collection includes selected images from these records. [Connect to Digital Collections]

ST. FRANCIS MISSION RECORDS, 1878-[ongoing], 48.0 feet [22 reels microfilm] (20.1 feet unprocessed).

Records from St. Francis Mission and School and KINI Radio in South Dakota, pertaining to Brulé Indian evangelization by Jesuits and Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. FRANCIS MISSION DIGITAL IMAGE COLLECTION

Selected online images from the St. Francis Mission Records. [Connect to Digital Collections]

ST. ISAAC JOGUES CHURCH RECORDS, 1983-1994, 0.3 foot (0.3 unprocessed).

Records from a Jesuit-administered parish in Rapid City, South Dakota with Brulé, Hunkpapa, Oglala, Sans Arc, and other Indian parishioners. Consult an archivist for further information. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST -- SANTA BARBARA PROVINCE FRANCISCAN RECORDS, 1873-1965, n.d., 0.2 foot [7 reels microfilm].

Correspondence, photography, and a periodical from St. John the Baptist Province Franciscans (Cincinnati, Ohio) regarding missions and schools among the Apache, Navajo, Pima, Tohono O'Odham, and Yaqui Indians in Arizona and New Mexico.  [Connect to Inventory]

ST. JOSEPH'S INDIAN SCHOOL ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION, 1991-1995, n.d., 0.5 feet.

Recordings regarding St. Joseph's Indian Industrial School, a Catholic mission school in Wisconsin. Respondents were former students--Menominee and Potawatomi Indians--and teachers--Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. MARY'S MISSION RECORDS, 1851-1871, 0.03 foot [1 reel microfilm].

Baptismal records from the Jesuit administered mission and school for Potawatomi Indians in Kansas. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. PAUL'S MISSION COLLECTION, 1867-1989, 0.7 foot.

Primarily photographs pertaining to Yankton Indians and Benedictines in South Dakota. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. STEPHEN'S MISSION RECORDS, 1865, 1886-[ongoing], 7.8 feet [10 reels microfilm] (3.2 feet unprocessed).

Records regarding evangelization of Arapaho and Shoshoni Indians by Jesuits and Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in Wyoming. [Connect to Inventory]

SCHEURMAN, ANNE M., COLLECTION, 1973-[ongoing], 5.9 feet ( 4.0 feet unprocessed).

Primarily color photographs and video recordings of celebrations in Canada, the United States, and Rome, most of which pertain to the Catholic Church and/or Indians of Canada and the United States. Included is the beatification in 1980 and other events honoring Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, 1973-1997; the canonizations of Ss. Philippe Duchesne and Katharine Drexel in 1988; the ordination of Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. (Potawatomi), as Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota in 1988; and the annual meetings of the Tekakwitha Conference, 1989-1994. Also included is an Episcopal Church celebration in Syracuse, New York, 1990, relating to historic religious gifts to Onondaga Indians; a U.S. Bicentennial celebration on the St. Regis Reservation, New York in 1992; and the Catholic World Youth Day in Denver, Colorado, 1993. [Connect to Inventory]

SIGGENAUK CENTER RECORDS, 1974-1989, 2005, n.d., 2.4 feet.

Records of an Archdiocese of Milwaukee outreach ministry to American Indians in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that preceded the Congregation of the Great Spirit. An oral autobiography by Sister Genevieve Cuny, O.S.F. (Oglala) is included. [Connect to Inventory]

SIOUX SPIRITUAL CENTER RECORDS, 1972-[ongoing], n.d. (3.6 feet unprocessed).

Photographs, minutes, printed materials, and video recordings pertaining to Brulé, Hunkpapa, Oglala, Sans Arc, and other Indian Catholics and their activities at the Sioux Spiritual Center, Plainview, South Dakota. Jesuits, under the auspices of the Diocese of Rapid City, administer the center. The collection contains a 1980s Mass by Reverend Patrick McCorkell, S.J. and Deacon Steven Red Elk (Oglala) with the Gospel reading and sermon in Dakota-Lakota and interviews of Bishop Harold Dimmerling and several Native deacons regarding their formation and expectations as permanent deacons. Consult an archivist for further information. Consult an archivist for further information.

SISTER RELATIONSHIP PROGRAMS INDIGENOUS MISSION RECORDS, 1960-2000?, 3.2 feet (1.3 feet unprocessed).

Correspondence, minutes of meetings, photographs, audio and video recordings, press clippings, and publications pertaining to relationships of U.S. church groups in Wisconsin and Oklahoma with the Catholic Church in Chiapas, Mexico, and Guatemala in its service to Maya Indian peoples. Includes audio/video materials on American Indian life ways, social conditions, and human rights advocacy in Latin America, including Guatemalan Indian refugees in Chiapas Mexico.

SISTERS OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT RECORDS, 0.1 foot [2 reels microfilm].

Records of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Colored People. Consult an archivist for further information.

SOARING EAGLE-REVEREND EMMETT HOFFMANN HERITAGE PROJECT COLLECTION, 1933?-1963?, 1972-1977, 1979, n.d., 7.5 feet (unprocessed).

 

Recordings (with selected transcripts) and motion pictures from Montana regarding Cheyenne Indian life, history, and culture. This collection is restricted. Consult an archivist for further information.

SUTTON, LEE WHITEHORSE, COLLECTION, 1962-1964, n.d., 1.4 feet (1.0 foot unprocessed).

 

Audio recordings of approximately 40 traditional American Indian songs in native languages with English language commentaries, most of which were recorded by Sutton in Chicago as instructional recordings under his label, "Chunksa-Uha Sings." Most songs originated in North and South Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, which reflects the tribal diversity of Chicago in the 1960s. [Connect to Inventory]

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TEKAKWITHA CONFERENCE RECORDS, 1939-[ongoing], 14.4 feet [1 reel microfilm] (3.3 feet unprocessed).

Records pertaining to Catholic evangelization of Native Americans in the United States and Canada, primarily after 1980. Video recordings of a Papal visit and the newspaper Cross and Feathers is included. [Connect to Inventory] 

WPA INDIAN RESEARCH PROJECT COLLECTION, 1936-1940, 0.1 foot [2 reels microfilm].

Recollections by Ojibwa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin, regarding their 19th century history and culture.

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YSLETA DEL SUR PUEBLO ARCHIVES, [1794-1985?], 0.6 foot [1 vol., 18 reels microfilm, 80 aperture cards, 2 microfiche].

Facsimile records regarding Tiwa and Apache Indians in Texas compiled by Ysleta del Sur Pueblo. Consult an archivist for further information.

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