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Potawatomi Manual Labor School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1848–1869
Current Diocese: Kansas City in Kansas
Previous Dioceses Involved:
St. Louis, 1848–1850
Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains, 1850–1857
Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas, 1857–1869
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Jesuits (Central & Southern Province), 1848–1869*
On a Reservation: No
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Miami; Osage; Peoria; Potawatomi
Notes: In 1848, the Potawatomi living in Sugar Creek moved to St. Mary’s, accompanied by Jesuit Fathers, who opened the Potawatomi Manual Labor School.
Note about the Mission Archives: A selection of records from St. Mary’s Mission are housed at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI: https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/Mss/SMM/SMM-sc.php
St. Mary’s Kansas
St. Regis Indian Seminary
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1824–1831
Current Diocese: St. Louis
Previous Diocese Involved:
New Orleans, 1824–1826
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Jesuits (Central & Southern Province), 1824–1831*
On a Reservation: No
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Fox; Iowa; Osage; Sac
Florissant Missouri
St. Mary of the Quapaws
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1894–1897; 1904–1927
Current Diocese: Tulsa
Previous Dioceses Involved:
Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory, 1894–1905
Oklahoma, 1905–1927
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of St. Joseph, 1894–1897 (see notes)
Congregation of Divine Providence (San Antonio, TX), 1904–1927*
On a Reservation: Quapaw Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Miami; Osage; Ottawa; Peoria; Quapaw
Notes: The school was established by priests from the Vicariate Apostolic of the Indian Territory and continued operation as a parish school after the formation of the Diocese of Oklahoma in 1905. The school opened in 1894 and closed three years later. It reopened in 1902 with a lay teacher until 1904, when the Sisters of Divine Providence took over the school. They remained there until it closed in 1927.
Note about the Sisters of St. Joseph: In 1893, Sr. Virginia Joyce, formerly a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Brooklyn (now Brentwood), left New York for Oklahoma. Along the way, they visited the Sisters of St. Joseph in Concordia, Kansas, and picked up two sisters and a novice, who accompanied them to Muskogee. Once in Muskogee, Sr. Virginia created her own religious community with no connection to the sisters in Brooklyn or Concordia. In 1899, the bishop insisted that the sisters in Muskogee affiliate themselves with a canonically established congregation or leave the vicariate. Four of the women joined the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in St. Louis, and at least one returned to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Concordia, KS. Sr. Virginia and some of the others left for Texas.
Quapaw Oklahoma
Sacred Heart Academy
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1897–1967 (see notes)
Current Diocese: Tulsa
Previous Dioceses Involved:
Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory, 1897–1905
Oklahoma, 1905–1930
Oklahoma City and Tulsa, 1930–1967
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Benedictine Sisters (St. Scholastica Monastery, Fort Smith, AR), 1897–1901*;
Sisters of Mount Carmel, 1899–1904*;
Congregation of Divine Providence (San Antonio, TX), 1903–1967*
On a Reservation: Cherokee Nation
On the Department of the Interior List: No
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Cherokee; Creeks; Miami; Osage; Peoria; Quapaws
Notes: In 1897, the pastor of Holy Ghost parish in Vinita built the school named Sacred Heart Institute. In 1903, the Congregation of the Divine Providence took charge of the school, which continued to operate as a parish school. In 1907, the Sisters took over ownership of the school grounds and building. The school became a private school, and the name was changed to Sacred Heart Academy.
Vinita Oklahoma
St. John’s School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1888–1913
Current Diocese: Tulsa
Previous Dioceses Involved:
Prefecture Apostolic of Indian Territory, 1888–1891
Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory, 1891–1905
Oklahoma, 1905–1913
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, 1888–1907*
De La Salle Christian Brothers (Midwest District), 1907–1913*
Order of St. Benedict (St. Gregory’s Abbey, Shawnee, OK), 1889–1913
On a Reservation: Yes
On the Department of the Interior List: Possibly (see notes)
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Osage
Notes: The school was founded by Katharine Drexel (later Mother Katharine of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament) and the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions. The Department of the Interior list has St. John’s School for Osage Indian Boys in Blackburn, Oklahoma. Blackburn is close to Hominy Creek, so this might be the same school.
Hominy Creek Oklahoma
St. Louis School for Osage Indian Girls (renamed St. Louis Academy, 1942)
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1887–1949
Current Diocese: Tulsa
Previous Dioceses Involved:
Prefecture Apostolic of Indian Territory, 1887–1891
Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory, 1891–1905
Oklahoma, 1905–1930
Oklahoma City and Tulsa, 1930–1949
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, 1887–1915*
Sisters of Loretto, 1915–1942*
Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, 1942–1949*
On a Reservation: Yes
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Cherokee; Osage; Potawatomi; Quapaw
Notes: The school was founded by Katharine Drexel (later Mother Katharine of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament) and the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions.
Pawhuska Oklahoma
Osage Manual Labor School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1847–1870
Current Diocese: Wichita
Previous Dioceses Involved:
St. Louis, 1847–1850
Vicariate Apostolic of Indian Territory East of the Rocky Mountains, 1850–1857
Vicariate Apostolic of Kansas, 1857–1870
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Jesuits (Central & Southern Province), 1847–1870*
Sisters of Loretto, 1847–1870*
On a Reservation: No (part of the former Osage Agency)
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Miami; Osage; Peoria; Piankasha; Quapaw; Wea
Notes: The school was divided, with the Jesuit Fathers teaching the boys and the Sisters of Loretto teaching the girls. The school closed in 1870 when the Osage were moved to Oklahoma.
Note about the Mission Archives: A selection of records from the Osage Mission and school are housed at Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI: https://www.marquette.edu/library/archives/Mss/OMS/
St. Paul (formerly Osage Mission) Kansas