GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-22
White Earth Catholic Community. Most Holy Redeemer Church
P.O. Box 57
Ogema, MN 56569
Phone: 218-983-3261
Email: owep@tvutel.com
History: Most Holy Redeemer Church, Ogema, White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, has been a predominantly Native American (Ojibwa) parish in the Diocese of Crookston (Archives: Crookston, Minnesota).
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1972-1980 (transferred to Oblates of Mary Immaculate) |
Most Holy Redeemer Church, Ogema, has been a predominantly Ojibwa Indian parish administered by Benedictines |
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1980-present |
Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Archives: Washington, D.C.) have administered Most Holy Redeemer |
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1980-present |
Oblates also served the White Earth Catholic Community, comprised of Most Holy Redeemer, Ogema, St. Benedict, White Earth, and St. Theodore, Ponsford |
St. Benedict Mission, White Earth:
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1868-1873 |
St. Paul diocesan priests at St. Francis, Crow Wing, visited White Earth (Ojibwa) |
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1873-1875 |
Rev. Ignatius Tomazin resided at White Earth |
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1875-1878 |
Rev. Tomazin established and administered Our Most Holy Redeemer Church (Ojibwa), White Earth |
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1878-1882 (closed) |
Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) administered Holy Redeemer |
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1878-1882 (closed) |
Benedictine Sisters (St. Benedict Monastery/ Convent) (Archives: St. Joseph, Minnesota) established and staffed Holy Redeemer Day School |
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1882-1980 |
Benedictines established and administered St. Benedict Mission |
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1882-1945 (closed) |
Benedictine Sisters established and staffed St. Benedict Mission Boarding School |
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1945-1969 (closed) |
Benedictine Sisters established and staffed St. Benedict Mission Day School |
Benedictines at St. Benedict administered the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions and stations in Minnesota.
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1873-1879 (transferred to St. Ignatius, Red Lake) |
Cass Lake station |
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1873-1879 (transferred to St. Ignatius, Red Lake) |
Lake Winnibigoshish station |
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1873-1879 (transferred to St. Ignatius, Red Lake) |
Leech Lake station |
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1873-1879 (transferred to St. Ignatius, Red Lake) |
Pokegama station |
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1873-1879 (transferred to St. Ignatius, Red Lake) |
Sandy Lake station |
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1873-1879 (transferred to St. Ignatius, Red Lake) |
White Oak Point station |
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1875-1879 (became a mission) |
Red Lake station |
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1883-1885 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, Perham) |
Lake Winnibigoshish station |
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1883-1885 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, Perham) |
Pokegama station |
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1883-1885 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, Perham) |
Sandy Lake station |
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1883-1885 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, Perham) |
White Oak Point station |
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1883-1888 (became a parish) |
St. Ignatius Mission, Red Lake |
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1883-1895 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Red Lake) |
Cass Lake station |
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1883-1895 (transferred to Immaculate Conception, Red Lake) |
Leech Lake station |
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1891-1900 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, Beaulieu) |
Twin Lakes station |
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1891-1895 |
Wild Rise River station |
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1891-1903 (became a parish) |
Pine Point station |
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1895-1900 (became a parish) |
St. Joseph Mission, Beaulieu |
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1895-1900 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, Perham) |
St. Michael Mission, Pembina Settlement |
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1896-1900 (transferred to St. Joseph’s, Beaulieu) |
Sacred heart Mission, Leech Lake |
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1898-1899 (closed) |
Bear Palm station |
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1898-1899 (closed) |
Ottertail station |
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1898-1899 (closed) |
Three Bent station |
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1901-1903 (transferred to St. Theodore’s, Ponsford) |
Round Lake station, Becker County |
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1910-1924 (closed) |
Big Elbow Lake station |
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1969-1976 (transferred to St. Mary’s, Two Inlets) |
St. Theodore’s Mission, Ponsford |
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1972-present |
Most Holy Redeemer Mission, Ogema |
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1976-1979 (transferred to St. Anne’s, Naytahwaush) |
St. Francis Cabrini Mission, Big Elbow Lake |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1870-ongoing
Volume: At least 1.3 cubic feet
Description: Sacramental records for St. Benedict Mission and its Native missions and stations, including Most Holy Redeemer Church, Ogema; see also St. Ann’s, Waubun, Minnesota.
A. St. Benedict’s: Baptisms, 1870-ongoing, marriages, 1873-ongoing, and funerals, 1873-ongoing
B. Most Holy Redeemer: Baptisms, 1911-ongoing; marriages, 1911-ongoing; deaths, 1912-ongoing; first communions, 1912-ongoing; and confirmations, 1914-ongoing
For the history and records of St. Theodore Mission, Ponsford, Minnesota -- see -- the guide entry for St. Peter the Apostle Church, Park Rapids, Minnesota.
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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