GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
Washington: WA-15

Sacred Heart Mission
P.O. Box 70
Nespelem, WA 99155

Phone: 509-634-4249

 

History: Sacred Heart Mission, Nespelem, Colville Reservation, Washington, has been a predominantly Native American parish in the Diocese of Spokane (Archives: Spokane, Washington).

1915-1930	Jesuits (California, Oregon Provinces) (Archives: St. Louis, Missouri) established and administered Sacred Heart Mission (Chelan, Entiat, Methow, Nespelim, Nez Perce, Okanogan, Paloos, Sanpoil, Senijextee, Wenatchi), Nespelem, Colville Reservation
1930-1938	Jesuits at St. Francis, Colville, attended Sacred Heart
1938-present	Jesuits have administered Sacred Heart Mission
1949	A fire at Sacred Heart destroyed earlier parish records

Jesuits at Sacred Heart attended to the following missions (Chelan, Entiat, Methow, Nespelim, Nez Perce, Okanogan, Paloos, Sanpoil, Senijextee, Wenatchi) on the Colville Reservation: 

1916-1990 (became a parish)	St. Rose of Lima Mission, Keller
1938-1950 (closed)	St. Ignatius Mission, Rogers Bar
1979-2010s	St. Joseph Mission, Omak
2010s-present	St. Rose of Lima Mission, Keller

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1886-ongoing

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Sacred Heart Church and St. Rose of Lima, St. Ignatius and St. Joseph Missions, 1949-ongoing.

 

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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