GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-1

Sacred Heart Church
507 East Fourth Street
Alturas, California 96101

Phone 530-233-2119

 

History: Sacred Heart Church, Alturas, Modoc County, California, has been a predominantly non-Native American parish in the Diocese of Sacramento (Archives: Sacramento, California). Sacramento diocesan priests at Sacred Heart attended to Native American students at the Fort Bidwell Government Indian School (Paiute), Fort Bidwell, Modoc County, California, ca. 1900s-1920s.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: Before 1907-1920s

Volume: Few entries among several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American students at the Fort Bidwell Government Indian School.

 

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.

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