Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records
Record Group 1
Scope and Content: Series 2-3 Government School Reports

Statistical summaries prepared annually on Catholic religious education and worship activities among Native American pupils at U.S. Government Indian Schools. The reports are arranged alphabetically by state, hereunder by locality and school, and chronologically within each folder. Although most files are sparse, notable reports exist for the schools at Lawrence, Kansas, Newkirk, Oklahoma, Chemawa, Oregon, and Flandreau, South Dakota. 

Reformatted records: The microfilm version of the Series 2-2 Mission Reports is available via interlibrary loan within the United States; please follow the Guidelines for Interlibrary Loans.

General Information

These records contain extensive and diverse historical narratives about Native Americans and their communities, and especially Native American Catholics and their Catholic parishes and events. Also detailed are the Catholic missionaries and their evangelization through parishes, schools, and special events.