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St. Louis School for Osage Indian Girls (renamed St. Louis Academy, 1942)

Pawhuska, Oklahoma
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Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):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.