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 向日葵视频 Archives.
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