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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]

ANDREWS, FRANK, 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]

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 color 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 ELK [NICHOLAS] (1863-1950), COLLECTION
See -- Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, Holy Rosary Mission/Red Cloud Indian School Records, Walter Bernard Hunt Collection, St. Francis Mission Records, and St. Paul Mission Records. The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions and St. Francis Mission Digital Collections include selected images and The Indian Sentinel Digital Collection includes related articles. [Connect to Digital Collections]  

BLACK ELK, BEN, COLLECTION
See -- Holy Rosary Mission/Red Cloud Indian School 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]

BUECHEL, EUGENE, S.J., COLLECTION, 1922-1954?, 5.0 feet (unprocessed).
Photography of Oglala and Brulé Indians, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis and Penance and Christian Charity in South Dakota. See -- St. Francis Mission Records. [Connect to Inventory] The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Digital Collection includes selected images by Father Buechel. [Connect to Digital Collections]   

BUREAU OF CATHOLIC INDIAN MISSIONS RECORDS, 1848-[ongoing], 527.68 feet [421 reels microfilm] (123.2 feet unprocessed).
The collection includes the records of three organizations: the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, the Commission for Catholic Missions Among the Colored People and the Indians (or Black and Indian Mission Office), and The Catholic Negro-American Mission Board (formerly the Catholic Board for Mission Work Among the Colored People). The Bureau (established, 1874) promotes Catholic evangelization among Native Americans in the United States; the Commission (established, 1884) raises funds for African American and Native American evangelization in the United States; and The Catholic Negro-American Mission Board (established, 1907) also raises funds for African American evangelization. Correspondence, reports, photographs, publications, and government documents comprise the bulk of the collection. [Connect to Inventory] Two Marquette University digital collections feature records from the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions -- the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Digital Collection  (photographs) and The Indian Sentinel Digital Collection. [Connect to Digital Collections]

BUREAU OF CATHOLIC INDIAN MISSIONS DIGITAL 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]

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] 

CONRAD N. HILTON FUND FOR SISTERS RECORDS, 1986-[ongoing], 29.4 feet (42.0 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. Among them are projects that have served indigenous Native Americans in the United States and elsewhere in the Americas. This collection is closed.  [Connect to Inventory]

COOK, JOSEPH W., PAPERS, 0.1 foot [1 reel microfilm].
Pertains to Yankton Indian kinship and Dakota language.

DIOCESE OF HELENA RECORDS, 1855-2003, 0.1 foot [3 reels microfilm].
Sacramental records pertaining to Siksika Indians in Montana.

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.

DOLL, DON, S.J., COLLECTION, 1977-1979,1983,1985-1996, 1998, 2005-2006, n.d., 3.0 feet.
Mostly audio recordings, interview transcripts, and color photography for publications about Brulé, Hunkpapa, Oglala, Sans Arc, Santee, Sisseton-Wahpeton, and Yankton Indians in South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota. [Connect to Inventory]

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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. This collection is closed. [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.

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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HOLY ROSARY MISSION/RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL RECORDS, 1868-[ongoing], 56.1 feet [35 reels microfilm] (ca. 106 feet unprocessed).
Records from Holy Rosary Mission and Red Cloud Indian School, which pertain to Oglala Indians, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity in South Dakota. [Connect to Inventory]

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 Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Digital Collection includes selected images from this collection. [Connect to Digital Collections]  

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. [Connect to Digital Collections] 

JANDA, JAMES, PAPERS, n.d. (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 closed.

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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 plus 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.

RED CLOUD INDIAN SCHOOL RECORDS
See -- Holy Rosary Mission/Red Cloud Indian School Records.

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 Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Digital Collection includes selected images from these records. [Connect to Digital Collections]

ST. FRANCIS MISSION RECORDS, 1878-[ongoing], 30.7 feet [22 reels microfilm] (2.4 feet unprocessed).
Records from St. Francis Mission and School and KINI Radio in South Dakota, pertaining to Brulé Indians, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. FRANCIS MISSION DIGITAL COLLECTION
Selected images from the St. Francis Mission Records. [Connect to Digital Collections]

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 of St. Mary's Mission and school for Potawatomi Indians, which was administered by Jesuits. [Connect to Inventory]

ST. PAUL'S MISSION RECORDS, 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], 4.6 feet [10 reels microfilm].
Records regarding Arapaho and Shoshoni Indians, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in Wyoming. [Connect to Inventory]

SCHEURMAN, ANNE M., COLLECTION, 1973-[ongoing], 4.0 feet ( 5.0 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.

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. Included are interviews of Bishop Harold Dimmerling and several Indian deacons regarding the deacon formation program and their expectations as permanent deacons.

SISTER RELATIONSHIPS 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].

SOARING EAGLE-REVEREND EMMETT HOFFMANN HERITAGE PROJECT COLLECTION, 1933?-1963?, 1972-1977, 1979, n.d., 7.5 feet (unprocessed).
22 motion pictures of early 20th century Northern Cheyenne life and 672 recordings of recollections (bulk in Cheyenne) and meetings of Cheyenne men and women elders on their life and cultural heritage. Selected English transcriptions are under development. This collection is closed.

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 songs were recorded for instructional purposes by Sutton in Chicago as master 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]

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]

ZIMMERMAN, JOSEPH A., S.J., COLLECTION, 1916?-1950?, 7.0 feet (unprocessed).
Photography of Oglala and Brulé Indians, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis and Penance and Christian Charity in South Dakota. See -- St. Francis Mission Records. [Connect to Inventory] The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions and St. Francis Mission Digital Collections include selected images by Father Zimmerman. [Connect to Digital Collections]

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