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Our Lady of Lourdes

Porcupine, South Dakota
Details:

Dates of Operation: 1929–present [2023]
Current Diocese: Rapid City
Previous Diocese Involved:
Lead, 1929–1930
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Jesuits (Midwest Province), 1929–present [2023]*
Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary, 1931–1937
Notre Dame Sisters (Omaha, NE), 1937–2002 and 2010–2017*
On a Reservation: Pine River Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: No
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Lakota

Notes: Our Lady of Lourdes was/is a satellite of Pine Ridge Reservation parish and never operated independently. The boarding school was open from 1937 to 1965. The school has operated as a K-8 school since 1931.