GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.
1: Eastern U.S.
Mark G. Thiel with Nicholas Zettel, 2007, rev2017-2020
Alabama
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Mississippi
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
U.S. Virgin Islands
Vermont
Virginia
 
2: Midwest U.S.
Philip C. Bantin with Mark G. Thiel, 1984; Mark G. Thiel with Nicholas Zettel, rev2007-2020
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wisconsin
 
3: Western U.S.
Mark G. Thiel with Nicholas Zettel, 2007; rev2017-2020, ISBN 978-0-87462-994-1
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Hawaii
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
Oregon
Texas
Utah
Washington
Wyoming
 
4: Outside U.S.
Mark G. Thiel with Nicholas Zettel, 2007, rev2017-2020, ISBN 978-0-87462-994-1
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Cuba
Czech Republic
France
Germany
India
Ireland
Italy
Mexico
Peru
Spain
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Vatican City
 
5: Help & Search
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Preface, 1984
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Choctaw Indian children holding a poster of St. Kateri Tekakwitha and joined by a priest of the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity and a sister of the Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity at Holy Rosary Mission, Tucker, Mississippi, 1934

Choctaw Indian children with a poster of St. Kateri Tekakwitha and Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity (priest) and Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity (religious sister), Holy Rosary Mission, Tucker, Mississippi, 1934; Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, 01892.
Brulé Indian children, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity at St. Francis Mission School    

Brulé Indian children, Jesuits, and Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity at St. Francis Mission School, Rosebud Reservation, St. Francis, South Dakota, ca. 1905; Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records.
San Xavier del Bac Mission, near Tuscon, Arizona

San Xavier del Bac Mission, San Xavier Reservation, near Tucson, Arizona, undated (1940s), Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records.
Osage Indian tourists from Oklahoma at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem, Palestine, ca. 1919-1932 by G. Felici, photographer

Osage Indian tourists from Oklahoma at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Jerusalem, Palestine, undated (ca. 1919-1932) by G. Felici, photographer; Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, 10761.
 
Monsignor William Henry Ketcham with his adopted son Tom (Choctaw), in his office at the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions

Monsignor William H. Ketcham, Third Director, and his adopted son Tom (Choctaw) at the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, Washington, D.C., undated (ca. 1900-1920); Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, 01746.