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Osage Manual Labor School

St. Paul (formerly Osage Mission), Kansas
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Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):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/

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