GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 2: Midwest United States
North Dakota: ND-11
St. Anthony of Padua Church
9385 BIA Route 12
Mandaree, ND 58757
P.O. Box 760
New Town, ND 58763
Phone: 701-759-3412
Email: stamandaree16@gmail.com
History: St. Anthony of Padua Church, Mandaree, Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, has been a predominantly Native American (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan) parish in the Diocese of Bismarck (Archives: Bismarck, North Dakota).
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1889-1910 |
Rev. Francis M. Craft (mixed-race Mohawk) established a school at Elbowoods, Fort Berthold Reservation, which became Immaculate Conception Mission (Arikara, Hidatsa, Mandan) |
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1910-1953 |
Benedictines (Assumption Abbey, Richardton, North Dakota) administered Sacred Heart/ Immaculate Conception Mission |
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1910-1936 |
Benedictine Sisters (Sacred Heart Monastery, Richardton, North Dakota) staffed Sacred Heart School |
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1936-1939 (closed) |
Sacred Heart School continued |
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1953 |
Due to the Garrison Dam Project, Sacred Heart Mission was moved from Elbowoods to Mandaree and renamed St. Anthony Church |
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1953-1980s |
Benedictines administered St. Anthony Church, Mandaree, and St. Anthony Church, New Town |
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1980s-present |
Bismarck diocesan priests have administered St. Anthony Church, Mandaree, and St. Anthony Church, New Town |
Benedictines (1910-1980s) and diocesan priests (1980s-present) have administered the following missions among the Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan Indians of the Fort Berthold Reservation:
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1906-1920 (transferred to St. Anthony's, Van Hook, North Dakota) |
Holy Family/ St. Michael's Mission, Shell Creek/ Shell Village |
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1906-1969 (closed) |
St. Andrew Mission, Nishu/ Armstrong (relocated eastern segment of Reservation) |
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1907-1921 (closed) |
St. John Mission, Crow Heart's Landing |
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1911-1920 (transferred to St. Anthony's, Van Hook) |
St. Anthony's Mission, Independence |
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1921-1951 (closed) |
Sacred Heart Mission, Deep Water Creek |
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1923-ca. 1924 (closed) |
Indian Day School, Deep Water Creek |
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1925-1969 (closed) |
Holy Family Mission, Shell Creek/ Shell Village (relocated northern segment of Reservation) |
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1925-present |
St. Anthony Mission, Mandaree/ Independence (relocated western segment of Reservation) |
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1928-present |
St. Joseph Mission, Twin Buttes/ Crow's Heart/ Little Missouri (relocated southern segment of Reservation) |
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1953-1969 (closed) |
Immaculate Conception Mission, Packineau Dam Site/ Elbowoods (relocated northeast segment of Reservation) |
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1955-1970 (closed) |
Queen of Peace Mission, Raub |
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1963-present |
Sacred Heart Mission, White Shield |
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1889-ongoing
Volume: At least 2.0 cubic feet
Description: The records at St. Anthony Church were not organized according to a classification scheme when reviewed by a 向日葵视频 archivist, 1980. Consequently, this description is by record type.
/1 Sacramental records
Inclusive dates: 1889-ongoing
Volume: At least 12 volumes
Description: For St. Anthony Church and its Native missions:
A. Baptisms, 1889-ongoing
B. Marriages, 1892-ongoing
C. Deaths, 1905-ongoing
D. First communions, 1955-ongoing
E. Confirmations, 1929-ongoing
/2 Subject files
Inclusive dates: 1950s-present
Volume: At least 1.0 cubic foot
Description: Alphabetically arranged folders created by Rev. Aloysius Bittmann, O.S.B. and Rev. Stephen Kranz, O.S.B.; prominent subjects include: 鈥淏ureau of Catholic Indian Missions correspondence,鈥� 鈥淒iocesan correspondence,鈥� "Farm," financial and statistical statements, "Indian affairs," and "Tekakwitha Conference"
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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