GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
South Dakota: SD-30

Augustana University. Center for Western Studies
2121 South Summit Avenue
P.O. Box 727
Sioux Falls, SD 57197

Phone: 605-274-4007
Email: See website (About: Staff)

 

Hours: See website (About: FAQ)

Access: See website (Research); consult staff

Copying facilities: Yes

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1831-2002

Volume: Ca. 50 cubic feet and 39 reels of microfilm

Description: “American Indian Culture Research Center Records” compiled by its director, Rev. Stanislaus Maudlin, O.S.B. [Benedictines], 1967-1995. The collection pertains mostly to the Turtle Mountain Reservation (Métis, Ojibwa), North Dakota, the Yankton Reservation (Yankton), South Dakota, and the Benedictines who evangelized them; the arrangement is chronological for the correspondence and alphabetical by title or topic in the other series.

A. Correspondence, 1890-1995, 14.4 cubic feet; major correspondents include Rev. Stanislaus Maudlin, O.S.B., 1965-1995, who directed the program

B. Subject files, 1831-1995, 12.0 cubic feet: on socio-cultural and political concerns, historical research, Catholic native ministry and Tekakwitha Conference

C. Vertical files, undated, 8.4 cubic feet; re: socio-cultural and political concerns, historical research, Catholic native ministry and Tekakwitha Conference

D. Printed material and Reports, 1969-1991, undated, ca. 14.4 cubic feet; mostly native community newspapers from North and South Dakota including: Little Wound School, 1979-1982, Rosebud Sioux Herald, 1963-1971, Sota Eya Ye Yapi, 1971-1995, Turtle Mountain Times, 1993-1995, News of the Mountains, 1986, Turtle Mountain Community College, 1976-1981, Turtle Mountain Echo, 1973-1976, Turtle Mountain Echo II, 1979-1981, Turtle Mountain Star, 1982, and Voice of the Community, 1966-1967; also annual and research reports, 1964-1992

E. Personal papers, undated, approximately 1.2 cubic feet; re: Rev. Stanislaus Maudlin (1916-2006), O.S.B.

F. Photography, late 1800s-early 1900s, 17 boxes + framed prints; re: Glass-plate negatives, prints, digital, of Benedictines (“Blue Cloud Abbey”), Turtle Mountain Reservation (Métis,  Ojibwa), North Dakota, the Yankton Reservation (Yankton), South Dakota; see Guide to the Photographic Collections at the Center for Western Studies, Mildred White, 2007

 

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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