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

St. Labre Church
Tongue River Road
P.O. Box 228
Ashland, MT 59003

Phone: 406-784-4516

 

History: St. Labre Church, Ashland, Rosebud County, Montana, has been a predominantly Native American (Cheyenne) parish near the Northern Cheyenne Reservation and in the Diocese of Great Falls-Billings (Archives: Great Falls, Montana).

1884-1933

Mother Amadeus Dunne, O.S.U. ][Ursulines], and the Ursulines (Archives: Toledo, Ohio) established St. Labre Mission and staffed the school

1885-1897

Jesuits (Turin Province) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) administered St. Labre’s

1897-1899

Ursulines (Archives: Santa Rosa, California) administered St. Labre’s

1899-1904

Helena diocesan priests administered St. Labre’s

1904-1914

Great Falls diocesan priests administered St. Labre’s

1914-1925

Society of St. Edmund (Archives: Swanton, Vermont) administered St. Labre’s

1917

St. Labre’s rebuilt following a destructive fire

1926-present

Capuchins (St. Joseph Province) (Archives: Detroit, Michigan) have administered St. Labre’s

Various priests at St. Labre attended to the following Cheyenne Indian missions and school on the Northern Cheyenne/ Tongue River Reservation:  

1899-1976 (became a parish)

Blessed Sacrament Church/ Mission, Lame Deer

1906-1929 (closed)

Tongue River Government Indian School

1927-1970s (closed)

Sacred Heart Mission, Birney

1929-1976 (transferred to Blessed Sacrament, Lame Deer)

Christ the King Mission, Busby

1956-2004 (closed)

St. Francis Assisi Station, Muddy Creek

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1883-ongoing

Volume: More than 7 volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for the Native American parishioners of St. Labre Church and its attended missions and the Native American students at the Tongue River 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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