 Lakota Chief Spotted Tail requested Jesuit educators | |
| Established | 1886 |
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| Location | |
Board of Directors | President Fr. John Hatcher, S.J. |
Area | 34 acres (14 ha) |
| Affiliations | Jesuit, Catholic |
| Website | SF Mission |
St. Francis Mission | |
_from_S_1.JPG) St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church | |
| Location | Rosebud Indian Reservation |
|---|---|
| NRHP reference No. | 75001723[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 20, 1975 |
St. Francis Mission is a Roman Catholic mission complex on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in St. Francis, South Dakota, in territory of the Lakota (Sioux) Native Americans. The mission was founded in 1886 by priests of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits), who were welcomed by Bishop Martin Marty of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, which extended to this territory at the time. The Jesuit order soon developed a large complex to serve the Lakota at this reservation. Most of the buildings were destroyed by a fire in 1916, but many were soon rebuilt.
Today the mission complex includes 26 buildings, the most prominent of which are St. Charles Borromeo Church and the 1916 Drexel Hall. The latter is a multi-function structure providing classrooms, meeting spaces, and residential spaces. The complex also includes one of two known copies of a statue of Native American saint, Kateri Tekakwitha, by Joseph-Émile Brunet.[2] The complex was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "NRHP nomination for St. Francis Mission". National Park Service. Retrieved December 11, 2014.