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- Document textuel
- Document iconographique
- Document sonore
- Objet
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Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)
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1806-1984 (Création/Production)
- Producteur
- Mission Saint-Régis
Zone de description matérielle
Description matérielle
2.439 m of textual records and other material
Note: Includes 44 graphic materials, 697 photographs, two audio recordings, eight objects, and 56 published materials.
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Nom du producteur
Histoire administrative
In parallel to the activities of French and English settlers in the region and the military operations during the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), the Jesuits’ actions drew and pushed Kanien’kehá:ka families and other Haudenosaunee communities south of the St. Lawrence River as new alliances were formed. Kanien’kehá:ka peoples had been active in the territory known as Ahkwesáhsne, “the place where the partridge beats its wings,” for millennia prior to the arrival of families from Kahnawà:ke and the Jesuits from New France. The Kanien’kehá:ka families’ and the Jesuits’ presence in the area marked the first permanent settlement in the region, as a new village was erected. The Kanien’kehá:ka and Jesuit presence at Ahkwesáhsne back to 1752, but the Jesuit mission was formally established on June 16, 1755. The first Jesuits who arrived at Akwesasne were initially stationed at Kahnawà:ke through the Saint-François-Xavier Mission. Antoine Gordon, S.J. is considered to be the founder of the St. Regis Mission, and accompanied the Kanien’kehá:ka families when they first arrived in the Ahkwesáhsne region. The Jesuit mission at Ahkwesáhsne was named after Jean-François Régis, S.J., a French missionary who died in 1640 and was canonized in 1737, and who never set foot in North America. Régis had longed to come to North America to convert Kanien’kehá:ka peoples to Catholicism, but his wishes never materialized.
In the aftermath of the Seven Years’ War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris, Jesuits pursued their activities at Ahkwesáhsne, despite the mistrust of the British settlers and First Nations population. The first church seemed to have resembled the longhouses typical of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. The church, made of wood, was constructed only to burn down in the early 1760s. The fire may have burned the first records of the mission. The church was eventually rebuilt, and, due to the growing community, a stone addition to the church was erected in the early 1790s. Another fire destroyed much of the church in 1866, but it was eventually restored. Several additions and changes were made, but the church—still standing in the early 21st century—includes the original early-1790s foundation.
From 1752 to 1783, the Jesuits managed the St. Regis Mission. Mostly secular priests then replaced the Jesuits until 1937, when the Jesuits priests overtook the mission once again.
Historique de la conservation
Portée et contenu
The fonds documents the activities of the St. Regis Mission in Ahkwesáhsne, and the relations and encounters of Jesuit priests with Kanien’kehá:ka people in the region. It contains records created, collected, and accumulated by the Jesuits in Ahkwesáhsne. The records include correspondence, books and manuscripts, pamphlets and booklets, dictionaries and lexicons, financial documents, newspaper clippings, and bulletins and records on the St. Regis church and community life. It includes photographs of Jesuit priests involved in the community and photographs of the St. Regis church. The fonds also includes Kanien’kehá:ka family photographs. The records range from 1806 to 1984.
The fonds is organized into the following six series:
Grammars, dictionaries, and lexicons
St. Regis Mission church and community life
Church’s sermons, prayers, and catechisms
Kateri Tekakwitha
Correspondence, manuscripts, and journals
Financial and administrative records
Zone des notes
État de conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Classement
The fonds series structure has been conceived by François Dansereau, Senior Archivist, in 2021. The intellectual arrangement of the classification structure has been developed along the subjects of the material.
Langue des documents
- anglais
- français
- latin
Écriture des documents
Note de langue et graphie
Some records are in Kanien’kéha
Localisation des originaux
Disponibilité d'autres formats
Restrictions d'accès
Some material contains personal information and is restricted. Priority is given to researchers from the Ahkwesáhsne community, and other Kanien’kehá:ka researchers.
Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication
Some documents may be subject to copyright. Use and reproduction of archival documents must be done with the permission of The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada.
Instruments de recherche
Éléments associés
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Numéro normalisé
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
- Peuples autochtones--Missions
- Church financial records
- Church records
- Church work with Indigenous peoples
- Lexical-grammar
- Peuples autochtones--Dictionnaires
- Tekakwitha, Kateri, 1656-1680
- Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions
- Church Council of St. Regis
- Saint Regis Mohawk First Nations Reservation
- Kanien’kehá:ka First Nations
- Kanien’kéha language
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Tehanetorens (Sujet)
- Benedict, Salli Kawennatakie (Sujet)
- St. Regis Mohawk School (Sujet)
- Jacobs, Michael Karhaienton (Sujet)
- Marcoux, Joseph (Sujet)
Mots-clés - Genre
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Identifiant de la description du document
Identifiant du service d'archives
Règles ou conventions
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision et de suppression
Sources
Bonaparte, Rosemary Tarbell and Darren Bonaparte, A History of the St. Regis Catholic Church: A Commemorative Book. St. Regis, NY: St. Regis Catholic Church Restoration Fund, 1998.