The Jesuit Mission to the Lakota Sioux: A Study of Pastoral Ministry, 1886-1945

by Ross Enochs

This study examines the development of ministry at the St. Francis and Holy Rosary missions in South Dakota. Using primary sources, this study seeks to understand the points of views of the Lakota Sioux Catholics during the 1920s and 1930s, and the Jesuit missionaries who reached them. It takes into particular account the patterns which develop in missiology.

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First published July 1, 1996

Reviews

[Paul]

Definitely has an obvious stress on the respect that Jesuit missionaries had for the Lakota Sioux, but still an informative read. Reading how the missionaries treated the existing Lakota beliefs and stressed the existing virtues and knowledges also makes clear how untraditional complaints about Nostra aetate are.