GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
Minnesota: MN-34

White Earth Catholic Community
1112 Third Street
Wauben, MN 56589 (physical address)
P.O. Box 57
Ogema, MN 56569 (postal address)

Phone: 218-473-2101
Email: 1112sta@arvig.net

 

St. Ann Church, Waubun, and St. Anne Church, Naytahwaush, White Earth Reservation, Minnesota, have been predominantly Native American (Ojibwa) parishes in the Diocese of Crookston (Archives: Crookston, Minnesota).

St. Anne Church, Naytahwaush:

1891-1900

Benedictines (St. John's Abbey) (Archives: Collegeville, Minnesota) at St. Benedict鈥檚, White Earth, attended Naytahwaush/ Twin Lakes station (Ojibwa)

1900-1918

Benedictines at St. Joseph's, Beaulieu, attended to Naytahwaush/ Twin Lakes station

1918-1926

Benedictines at St. Theodore鈥檚, Ponsford, established and attended to St. Anne Mission (Ojibwa)

1926-1934

Benedictines at St. Catherine鈥檚, Cass Lake, attended to St. Anne鈥檚

1934

Benedictines at Immaculate Conception, Red Lake, attended to St. Anne鈥檚

1934-1939

Benedictines at St. Michael's, Mahnomen, attended to St. Anne鈥檚

1939-1950

Benedictines at St. Joseph's, Beaulieu, attended to St. Anne鈥檚

1950-1976

Benedictines administered St. Anne Mission

1976-1979

Benedictines at St. Joseph's, Beaulieu, attended to St. Anne鈥檚

1979-1980s

Became a parish; Benedictines administered St. Anne Church  

1980s-present

Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Archives: Washington, D.C.) have administered St. Anne鈥檚

Benedictines at St. Anne's attended to the following Native American (Ojibwa) missions:


1950-1958 (closed)

Daigles Mill station

1950-1958 (closed)

Wild Rice Reserve station

1950-1959 (transferred to St. Michael's, Mahnomen)

St. Agnes Mission, Island Lake

1950-1976 (transferred to St. Benedict's, White Earth)

St. Francis Cabrini Mission, Big Elbow Lake 1958-1968 Rodwell Nursing Home

1979-1980

St. Francis Cabrini Mission, Big Elbow Lake

Oblates of Mary Immaculate from St. Anne's have attended St. Francis Cabrini Mission, Big Elbow Lake, 1980-present.

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1915-ongoing

Volume: At least .5 cubic foot

Description: Sacramental records; see also Most Holy Redeemer Church, Ogema, Minnesota

 

/1 St. Anne's, Naytahwaush, and its attended Indian missions and stations,

Inclusive dates: 1934-ongoing

Volume: At least 3 volumes

Description: Records from 1934-1950, when St. Anne's Mission was administered by Benedictines from Mahnomen and Beaulieu, have been kept at St. Anne's; baptisms, marriages, and deaths, 1934-ongoing; first communions, 1935-ongoing; confirmations, 1939-ongoing.

 

/2 St. Ann鈥檚, Waubun

Inclusive dates: 1915-ongoing

Volume: At least .3 cubic foot

Description: All sacramental records have been kept at St. Anne鈥檚

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the 向日葵视频 Archives.

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