GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 1: Eastern United States
Louisiana: LA-10
Sacred Heart of Jesus Church
1111 Highway 55
P.O. Box 2
Montegut, LA 70377
Phone: 985-594-5856
Email: sacredheartch@htdiocese.org
History: Houma Indians settled in Terrebonne Parish, 18-19th centuries. New Orleans archdiocesan priests founded, and they and their successors, have administered Sacred Heart of Jesus Church (Houma), Montegut/ Terrebonne Bayou, 1864-present (Houma-Thibodaux, 1977-present). Diocesan priests from Sacred Heart attended the following missions among Native Americans:
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1890s-1940s |
St. Joseph Mission, Little Caillou/ Petit Caillou Bayou |
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1920s-1970s |
St. Charles Mission, Pointe-aux-Chenes/ Oak Point |
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1940s-1960s |
St. Isaac Jogues Mission, Cut Off/ Lower Point-aux-Chenes |
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1950s-1960s |
St. Peter Mission, Lower Montegut |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1864-present
Volume: Several volumes
Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Montegut, and its missions and stations among Native Americans.
Unless noted otherwise, the repository named above holds (or held) the records described and not the Marquette University Archives. However, Marquette’s holdings, e.g. Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Records, include related records about these Native and Catholic groups and places.
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