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Hóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8, Episode 9 - Indigenous Scriptural Interpretation and the Problem of OppressionMany are familiar with the declaration in Romans 8:31, “If God is for us, who can be against?” This bold and rhetorical question is subject to many considerations, but for oppressed peoples seeking to interpret Christian scripture, it can be problematic. Let’s unpack the issue.
2025-10-1318 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8 - Episode 8 - Talking Thiyóšpaye with Distinguished Alum Gerald High ElkWhat if we were to turn the clock back some 60 years and visit this soon-to-be-100-year-old school? Who might we encounter, and what might that person tell us? Here to accompany us as we travel back through time and up to the present day, none other than the 2025 Distinguished Alum, Gerald High Elk. Let’s go!
2025-10-0624 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8, Episode 7 - Lakota Language Preservation Part II - The St. Joe's ApproachFilmmaker George Lucas of Star Wars fame addressed teachers with these words, “You have the most important job of anyone today. Our kids need you to advocate for their futures.” During our last episode, we learned how vital the Lakota language is for the future of our students. Today, we learn how two women at St. Joseph’s are advocating for them.
2025-09-2922 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8, Episode 6 - Lakota Language Preservation Part I - The RealityLakota elder and teacher Dottie LeBeau once noted, “Losing the language means losing the culture. We need to know who we are because it makes a difference in who we are and who our children are.” If language is the carrier of culture, what does this mean for the Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people, whose Native speakers now number in mere hundreds? Let’s talk about it.
2025-09-2223 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8, Episode 5 - The American Indian Catholic School's NetworkMother Teresa is often quoted, "I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things." That is the great benefit of collaboration, which shapes much of the work we do at St. Joseph’s. Let’s learn more about the school’s relationship with the University of Notre Dame.
2025-09-1525 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8, Episode 4 - St. Joseph's Bookmobile RevisitedWhy are three college-age women traveling throughout the Indian Country of the Northern Plains distributing books? Let’s find out.
2025-09-0823 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8, Episode 3 - Talking Thióšpaye, Part I - Getting to Know Fr. Greg Schill, SCJHow is it that a former U. S. Marine from Texas with a Poly-Sci major finds himself deeply involved in the spiritual and administrative life of St. Joseph’s Indian School? Let’s talk with Fr. Greg Schill, SCJ, and learn all about it.
2025-09-0121 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8, Episode 2 - Getting to Know the New CEOLeadership is a role performed uniquely by the person who holds the role. At St. Joseph’s Indian School, we are experiencing a transition in leadership that brings a new title and a new face. Let’s get to know this person!
2025-08-2519 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8, Episode 1 - Mike Tyrell, Through (With) 40 YearsPresident Ronald Regan and Vice President George W. Bush begin their second term in office. Coke releases new-and-improved New Coke, meeting so much opposition that old Coke is back on the shelves in three months. The Unabomber is on the loose. “Back to the Future” opens in theaters across America, and Mike and Kim Tyrell arrive for their first year as houseparents at St. Joseph’s Indian School. These things happened 40 years ago. Here to tell us what it’s like 40 years later, the school’s President, Mike Tyrell.
2025-08-1826 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 8 TeaserDon't miss Hóčhoka Season 8 when:
Former President, Mike Tyrell, new CEO, Jennifer Renner-Meyer, and incoming President, Fr. Greg Schill, SCJ, set the vision for the future
Chris Hoklotubbe and Dr. Damian Costello join us once again to enrich the Christian perspective with Indigenous wisdom.
Three alumni from different eras are with us “talking thiyóšpaye.”
We learn about the American Indian Catholic Schools Network from its Director, William Newkirk.
We enjoy highlights from several of the school’s best programs, including Lakota Language Preservation, Visiting Artists, and the Bookmobile.
2025-07-2401 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 18 - Talking Thiyóšpaye, Part III - Hope McCloskey"Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air." St. Joseph’s alum Hope McCloskey favors this quote by Henry Grunwald, former editor in chief of Time, Inc. Let’s find out what the noise is all about.
2025-05-1923 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 17 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism, Part II – Black Elk and the Prayer of CreationOur 7th Graders head out on their annual visit to sites sacred to their culture this week. During the school’s 2022 Seventh Grade Cultural Trip, as the boy’s group reached the summit of Matȟó Pahá, their pleasant ascent became shrouded in fog and they could not see ten feet in front of them. They were pelted with sleet and snow. What can Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk teach us about this event?
2025-05-1217 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Special Edition - Remembering Joseph Marshall IIIToday we bear profound grief on the wings of deep gratitude as we invite you to join in remembering our friend Joseph Marshall III.
2025-05-0604 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 16 - Monique Gray Smith – Her Work as an AuthorLove is medicine, learning from each other is a precious practice and positive change is possible says successful Indigenous author, speaker and consultant Monique Gray Smith. That sounds like good medicine. Let’s learn more.
2025-05-0525 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 15 - Christianity Through an Indigenous Lens, Part IV – Dreams and VisionsIt will come about after this that I will pour out My Spirit on all mankind; And your sons and your daughters will prophesy, Your old men will have dreams, Your young men will see visions,” says the prophet Joel. “What does it mean for Christians to embrace and honor the dreams and visions given to us by Creator?” asks Dr. Chris Hoklotubbe. Let’s find out!
2025-04-2821 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 14 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism, Part I – The Ghost Dance and SalvationSome critics of Christianity find a connection between a Christian perspective that places humankind over and other than the created world and the shaky ecological health of our planet. Servant of God Nicholas Black Elk and the Ghost Dance tradition say, “Not so quick.” Let's learn from Dr. Damian Costello.
2025-04-2117 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 13 - Talking Thiyóšpaye, Part II – Native American Education 360°What can the former Chaplain and Director of St. Joseph’s Indian School tell us about the Native American education that takes place here when we look back, at the present and ahead to the future?
2025-04-1421 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 12 - Talking Thiyóšpaye, Part I – Getting to Know You, AgainWhat do Star Trek, the Chicago White Socks and social activist Dorothy Day have in common? We’re about to find out as we talk with Fr. Steve Huffstetter, SCJ.
2025-04-0719 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 11 - Christianity Through an Indigenous Lens, Part III – Ceremony and Culture“Ceremony is a vehicle for belonging – to a family, to a people, and to the land,” says Robin Wall Kimmerer, Potawatami botanist and author of “Braiding Sweetgrass.” Today we turn to how First Nations Christians relate to their cultural traditions through ceremony. Why is this important? Let's learn with Dr. Chris Hoklotubbe
2025-03-3123 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 10 - Monique Gray Smith - Braiding Sweetgrass in the Classroom and Around the Dinner TableIn 2013, Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer published “Braiding Sweetgrass.” It took seven years for the book to inch its way up the New York Times bestseller list, but since then, this book of Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the teaching of plants has been hard to keep in stock. Let’s talk to Monique Gray Smith whose adaptation of the book, “Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults,” makes this valuable text more accessible to countless readers.
2025-03-2423 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 9 - Monique Gray Smith – The Wisdom of an Indigenous GardenNative American elders advise, “Go among the standing people.” This is a reminder that plants can be our caretakers, healers, teachers, and guides. There are intelligences other than our own. Imagine how less lonely the world would be if we knew and believed that we didn’t have to figure everything out by ourselves.
2025-03-1730 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 8 - Christianity Through an Indigenous Lens, Part II – Humanity and Creation“You are dust and unto dust you shall return,” admonishes the Christian Church each Ash Wednesday. What happens not only to the fear factor but also to our understanding of what it is to be human when we look at our relationship to creation through an indigenous lens? Let's talk with Dr. Chris Hoklotubbe.
2025-03-1020 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 7 - Zitkala-Šá, Part III – Red Bird and CatholicismTo some, Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, who chose the pen name Zitkala-Šá, might be a study in contradictions. How did the woman who authored “Why I am a Pagan” also embrace Catholicism? Who better to help us explore the topic than Dr. Damian Costello?
2025-03-0319 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 6 - Zitkala-Šá, Part II – Why She Matters to the United States Mint and You“My country! ‘tis of thee, Sweet land of Liberty, My pleas I bring. Land where OUR fathers died, Whose offspring are denied, The franchise given wide, Hark while I sing.” This stirring takeoff on Samuel Francis Smith’s “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” begins our conversation on the final two decades of the life of Zitkala-Šá.
2025-02-2419 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 5 - Zitkala-Šá, Part I – Why She Matters to the United States Mint and YouThe 2024 Zitkala-Šá Quarter is the 15th coin in the American Women Quarters Program. Who is this woman minted by the United States Treasury, and why does that matter to all of us?
2025-02-1719 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 4 - Speaking of Youth, Part III - The Buffalo HarvestWhat is a Buffalo Harvest and what is the significance of the buffalo to the Lakota people? Let’s learn from two people who recently participated in a harvest.
2025-02-1013 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 3 - Speaking of Youth, Part II - The Spiritual Life of ChildrenWho are the wakȟáŋheža? Lakota children are called by this word that means “little sacred ones.” Significantly, the Indigenous have known all along what new science is proving: There is great power in the spiritual life of children. Let’s explore the topic with Dr. Damian Costello and learn what it means for parents and educators everywhere.
2025-02-0327 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 7, Episode 2 - Speaking of Youth, Part I – Gabe Dannenbring and The Middle SchoolerWhat does it mean to be 13, back stage adults, watching on tiptoe, waiting to go onstage?" Some years ago, TIME magazine reporter Nancy Gibbs asked that question. Today we hear from someone who spends every day in a middle school classroom. Let’s find out what he says about this unique stage of life.
2025-01-2722 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 7, Episode 1 - Christianity Through an Indigenous Lens, Part I – Scripture and StorytellingTheologian John Shea says, “We are the story God tells. Our very lives are the words that come from God’s mouth.” If this is so, the intersection of the rich Indigenous storytelling tradition and Scripture holds profound assets both for Native Christians and for all followers of Christ. Let’s learn more!
2025-01-2026 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Podcast Season 7 TeaserDon’t miss Hóčhoka Season 7 when:
Monique Gray Smith, author of “Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults,” joins us for three lively conversations
Chris Hoklotubbe enriches the Christian perspective with Indigenous wisdom
Damian Costello returns to talk about Black Elk, the Ghost Dance and more
Steve Huffstetter, SCJ, “talks thiyóšpaye”
We explore the world of youth with Influencer Gabe Dannenbring and others
We learn about Zitkala-Šá whose remarkable life is commemorated on a quarter by the United States Mint
2025-01-1301 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 16 - Talking Thiyóšpaye Part III with Danielle Arpan“We say this phrase, ‘Mitákuye Oyá’sin.’ It means all my relatives, all my relations. Once you have that belief, you find it easier to care for people, to have compassion for other people, to practice generosity and reciprocity.” Those are the words of Ben Sherman, grandfather of today’s guest, alum Danielle Arpan, whose pursuit of a nursing degree embodies his teaching.
2024-12-1629 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 15 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism, Part III – Our Lady of Guadalupe and Juan Diego“I ponder within my heart, where will I gather the holy, fragrant flowers? Who will I ask? … If they showed them to me, I will fill my tilma and with them I will greet the nobles, with them I will make the lords happy.” This famous pre-colonial Native song is a key that opens our imaginations to the mystery of the apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Let’s open that door!
2024-12-0928 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season6, Episode 14 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism Part II – Holy Darkness and AdventDarkness gets a lot of bad press. Few of us want to be “in a dark place” or living in “the darkest hour.” Many are afraid of the dark, the absence of light, and it is under the cover of darkness that nefarious deeds go unseen. Colossians 1:13 proclaims, “He has rescued us from the power of darkness.” But Dr. Damian Costello tells us that Indigenous and Catholic traditions alike tell us that darkness is nothing less than sacred. Listen.
2024-12-0218 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 13 - Talking Thiyóšpaye Part II with Trinity SazueWinston Churchill, who served as Prime Minister of England during the Second World War, once said, “I’d rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon.” It’s our good fortune today to spend around a half hour with someone we consider a top carpenter here at St. Joe’s, alum Trinity Sazue.
2024-11-2526 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 12 - The Elders' Circle Part IITo be a Native American Elder today means to have navigated the forced assimilation of the boarding school era and to have witnessed the loss of culture, language and more. How might you have emerged from such an experience? Let’s continue our conversation with two who show us the way.
2024-11-1820 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 11 - The Elders' Circle - Part ILydia Whirlwind Soldier writes in her poem “To Be an Elder,” “Nope … I am not ready to give up my immature ways, to spontaneously give. I am not ready to examine and prune my behaviors, to ask for those senior discounts, to set examples for those around or let those old patterns vanish.” Today we talk with her and Joseph Marshall III about being a Lakota Elder.
2024-11-1119 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 10 - The Circle of Care and Indigenous Evaluation Part III - Counseling Services“If we keep everything in balance, we are in harmony with ourselves and are at peace,” said Lakota Holy Man Frank Fools Crow. A key component of balance at St. Joseph’s Indian School is our Counseling Services Department. Today, we’ll look at their work through an Indigenous lens.
2024-11-0418 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 9 - The Circle of Care and Indigenous Evaluation Part II – The Health Center“To us, health is about so much more than simply not being sick. It’s about getting a balance between physical, mental, emotional, cultural and spiritual health,” says one Indigenous physician and researcher. Let’s learn how St. Joseph’s Indian School’s health center is taking those words to heart.
2024-10-2823 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 8 - The Circle of Care and Indigenous Evaluation Part I – Program EvaluationJonas Salk, medical researcher who developed one of the first successful polio vaccines, once said, “Solutions come through evolution. They come through asking the right questions, because the answers pre-exist. It is the questions that we must define and discover. You don't invent the answer-you reveal the answers.” Let’s talk to a couple of people asking the right questions here at St. Joseph’s Indian School.
2024-10-2119 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 7 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism Part I – The Red Heifer CeremonyWhat do Jesus, the ancient Red Heifer Ceremony, White Buffalo Calf Woman and Black Elk have in common? More importantly, what deeper connections between Lakota Spirituality and Catholicism does this reveal? Let’s find out.
2024-10-1424 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 6 - Survival Songs of This Lakota Poet“Give me a glimpse of what could be – not to ponder what might have been – reveal the blush of dawn – overlook the thorns beneath the rose – welcome the glow of winter’s stars – to laugh and play in drifts of snow – kindle that gentle beauty and pray when night and quiet come.” The poem called “Hope” is from “Survival Songs,” poetry by Lydia Whirlwind Soldier on her Native American boarding school experience.
2024-10-0722 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 5 - Native American Literature Part II – Memory Songs of This Lakota Poet“I retreat to the edge of dreams, empty my heart of haunting fears. I fly with the red-tail hawk along the bank of rolling thunderheads into the mysteries of prayer.” This is poetry that gives voice to the Lakota Way with heart-stirring imaginative power. Join our conversation with Lakota Poet Lydia Whirlwind Soldier.
2024-09-3025 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 4 - Native American Literature Part I - Bookmobile RevisitedHow is it that a seminarian from Vietnam and a business major from Ft. Myers, Florida, find themselves traveling through Indian Country of the Northern Plains distributing books on St. Joseph's Indian School's Booklmobile? Let’s find out.
2024-09-2326 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 3 - Well, Then. What About an Indigenous Evaluation Framework?As Native communities across the country reclaim their narratives and embrace their cultural heritages, our work at St. Joseph’s Indian School has become increasingly enriched through Indigenous ways of knowing. It is time to ask, “Well, then, what about an indigenous evaluation framework for our students?”
2024-09-1620 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 2 - What’s All This Talk About Indigenous Ways of Knowing?What’s all this talk about Indigenous ways of knowing? Why should a school for Native American students seek to develop measurements of student achievement based on Indigenous knowledge systems? Let’s talk to Dr. Melanie Nadeau who can help us appreciate this complex topic.
2024-09-0919 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, Episode 1 - Talking Thiyóšpaye Part I - I Am on a Turtle’s WalkWhat happens when a researcher and doctor in public health and an alum of St. Joseph’s, who herself works and pursues studies in health care, have the opportunity to get to know one another? Let’s find out when we meet Dr. Melanie Nadeau and Danielle Two Two.
2024-09-0226 minHóčhoka PodcastHochoka Season 6, TeaserDon’t miss Hóčhoka Season 6 when:
Dr. Damian Costello joins us again to provide fresh perspectives on Catholicism through an Indigenous lens. We explore the Red Heifer, the Advent season and Our Lady of Guadalupe.
We hear from South Dakota Living Treasure and Lakota Poet Lydia Whirlwind Soldier. Joseph Marshall III joins her for two episodes called the “Elder’s Circle,” when they talk about life over eight decades.
Three alumni “Talk Thióšpaye” – Danielle Two Two, Trinity Sazue and Distinguished Alum Danielle Arpan.
Dr. Melanie Nadeau, Indigenous Evaluation Specialist, explains the topic and works with our staff on our evalu
2024-08-2601 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 16 - Native American Lit., Part III - Nurturing Young IllustratorsWhat happens when Lakota author and artist Donald Montileaux collaborates with our librarian, Claire Nehring, and her students to create an illustrating project? Let’s watch and listen in.
2024-05-1315 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 15 - Native American Lit., Part II - Words Painting PicturesWhat happens when a beloved Lakota artist joins ranks with traditional tribal storytellers who used their wisdom and gifted voices to paint pictures of wonderful, magical animals and colorful birds on the walls of young people’s minds? To borrow some words from Donald Montileaux himself, this one is for all those children whose eyes dance in the firelight as he creates words and images that jump boldly from the pages of his books and into young imaginations.
2024-05-0627 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 14 - Residential Education, Part IV - Recipe for Successful Adult LifeWhat do an impromptu visit to a friend’s house, a pick-up basketball game, going on an out-of-state trip or cultural activities have to do with a healthy residential environment for kids? We’re about to find out from the Executive Director of the Coalition for Residential Excellence Don Forrester.
2024-04-2927 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 13 - Lessons from the Bow and Arrow, Part III - StrengthStrength and resiliency – these are perhaps two sides of the same coin. The apostle Paul would say, in my weakness I am strong. Let’s hear what Joseph Marshall III says about the traditional Lakota bow and arrow and the power that comes from overcoming adversity.
2024-04-2229 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Seaspm 5, Episode 12 - Lessons from the Bow and Arrow, Part II - Simplicity, PurposeSome tout the elegance of simplicity. And nowadays it seems everyone is talking about “Ikigai,” the Japanese word-become-buzzword for purpose. It is said to be the secret to a long and happy life. But it has been more than a decade since Joseph Marshall III drew on centuries-old Lakota wisdom to write about simplicity and purpose as characteristics of a life well lived.
2024-04-1523 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode II - Lessons from the Bow and Arrow, Part I - TransformationA simple ash-wood bow. A willow arrow. What can these two things teach us about life? Listen as Joseph Marshall III unpacks the power and beauty of lessons from the bow and arrow in a three-part series, here on Hóčhoka.
2024-04-0822 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 10 - Fresh Perspectives, Part IV - Sundance and the Paschal MysteriesThe Sundance and the Paschal Mysteries – the great, annual religious ceremonies of the Lakota and Christian traditions. Let’s talk about their surprising similarities and very important differences as Dr. Damian Costello provides another fresh perspective.
2024-04-0124 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 9 - The Spirit that Inspires Us, Part II - What Do You Want to Be?What do you want to be when you grow up? Today we ask this question to a mostly grown-up audience. Why? Because, no matter what you do, Sr. Cathy Bertrand wants you to know you matter, it matters and even the smallest act or word of kindness you offer in this world makes a difference. Think about it.
2024-03-2525 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 8 - Fresh Perspectives, Part III - St. Patrick, Celtic and IndigenousWhat happens when a jaded adolescent living in Roman luxury and urban pretension finds himself transplanted to a tribal society with deep connections to the land? What lessons does his story contain for us? Listen and enjoy the beauty of the Deer's Cry.
2024-03-1822 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 7 - Fresh Perspectives, Part II - Would the Real St. Patrick Stand UpWhen average Americans think about St. Patrick, they likely conjure up images of parades, shamrocks and green beer. “There is much more to this legendary guy,” says Dr. Damian Costello. As Patrick’s feast day is near, we share a two-part series on this fabled saint and the important lessons his life holds about human nature and ultimate meaning.
2024-03-1120 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 6 - Residential Education, Part III - Getting Spirituality RightProsetelize. Evangelize. Catechize. Supporting the spiritual dimension of life with children and adolescents in residential care is difficult to get right. Join our conversation with Michelle Maikoetter of Cal Farley’s to talk about lessons her organization has learned along the way.
2024-03-0425 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 5 - Residential Education, Part II - Build a Better Youth WorkerIt is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men,” says today’s guest quoting Frederick Douglass, who 200 years later continues to inspire social workers and human rights activists worldwide. Our guest is Milton Hershey's A.J. Rinaldi, a man committed to building strong children, particularly by being better youth workers. Let’s get to know him.
2024-02-2626 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode - Residential Education, Part I - Reprise: Tell Me MoreIt’s been eleven months since we asked the question, “What happens when a high school senior interviews a residential school administrator?” We found out in Season 3, and we're here again today to find out what happens when Basic Eagle Star and Sean Milner meet again almost one year later.
2024-02-1914 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 3 - The Spirit That Inspires Us Part I - Fr. Vien Nguyen at 615 DaysWhat goes on in 615 days in the life of the Provincial Superior of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in the United States? Roughly half-way through his three-year term, Fr. Vien Nguyen is here to give us an up close and personal account.
2024-02-1225 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 2 - Native American Literature, Part II - Upcoming Good ReadsDid you know that of the 2,336 characters on 345 of the most popular TV shows airing between 1987 and 2007, only three were Native American? Sixty-two percent of non-Native Americans report not knowing a single one of the over five million Native people in the U.S., 70% of whom live in urban areas. And then, there is the issue of stereotypes. What if well-known and gifted storyteller Joseph Marshall III wanted to change that landscape? Listen as he tells about three new novels he publishes this year.
2024-02-0516 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Season 5, Episode 1 - Fresh Perspectives Part I - Lakota Star Knowledge“The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament proclaims the works of his hands.” So begins Psalm 19. “We sell our ancestral traditions short if we don’t delve deeper into what that means,” says Dr. Damian Costello as he brings us another fresh perspective on Catholicism through an Indigenous lens.
2024-01-2918 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhoka Podcast SeasonTeaserHóčhoka podcast returns to the airwaves this January with Season 5, offering 16 more episodes that engage audiences in the conversation about Native American education today.
Dr. Damian Costello joins us again to provide fresh perspectives on Catholicism through and indigenous lens.
We hear what Fr. Vien Nguyen says on the half-way mark as Superior Provincial of the Priests of the Sacred Heart.
We learn about the wisdom of the traditional Lakota bow and arrow from Joseph Marshall III.
We visit with Don Forrester, Michelle Maikotter and AJ Rinaldi, thought leaders in residential education.
We spend time with Oglala Si...
2024-01-2201 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 14 - Fresh Perspectives, The PilgrimageA scallop shell, a walking stick and a young woman from Nebraska – let’s find out what this is all about. Today we are talking with Religious Studies Teacher Kim Schneider. This was a summer of pilgrimage for Kim, and we invited her here to share her experiences with us.
2023-12-0426 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 13 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism From and Indigenous Lens - Fragrant, Holy GrassFew things are more arresting that the smell of burning sweetgrass, according to Dr. Damian Costello. He says re-connecting with this relative, which some people call the hair of Mother Earth, can help re-indigenize our faith and heal wounds that affect our planet. Learn the promise and the lesson of this humble plant.
2023-11-2727 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 12 - MMIW, Part III - MMIP and Human Trafficking: What You Should KnowSomeone you know has gone missing. What should you do? Allison Morrisette, South Dakota’s Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Coordinator, and Mary Beth Holzwarth, Human Trafficking Coordinator, discuss their new roles and educate us about human trafficking and missing and murdered indigenous persons.
2023-11-2022 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 11 - MMIW, Part II - If These Skirts Could SpeakWhat would the many missing and murdered indigenous persons tell us if their voices could be heard? Lily Mendoza explains what indigenous families need to know to create a preventive environment against this scourge that has robbed her culture of so many of her sisters.
2023-11-1319 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 10 - MMIW, Part I - The Red Ribbon Skirt SocietyWhat is a red ribbon skirt, and what is its special meaning? Today's guest is Lily Mendoza, cherished Lakota uŋčí and founder of the Red Ribbon Skirt Society, a grassroots collective dedicated to confronting the crisis of missing and murdered indigenous persons. Learn about the issue and the society’s work to confront and heal.
2023-11-0620 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 9 - Native American Literature, Part IV - Sing for the Red DressBridging our conversation between Native American Literature and the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, join our conversation with Joseph Marshall III. Learn about his new novel, “Sing for the Red Dress,” and how he hopes it will impact the MMIP landscape.
2023-10-3018 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 8 - Native American Literature, Part III - Lakota StorytellingYou may think of storytelling as an art, but current scientific research tells us what great storytellers have known for ages: storytelling is a superpower. Join us as award winning author Joseph Marshall III coaches us on the wisdom of good Lakota storytelling technique.
2023-10-2324 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 7 - Native American Literature, Part II - Literacy Hits the Open Road“I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” Or Oklahoma. Or New Hampshire. Hear what two interns from the University of Notre Dame have to say about hitting the open roads of South Dakota as volunteers on St. Joseph’s Indian School’s bookmobile.
2023-10-1626 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 6, Part 1 - Native American Literature, Part I - Three PoetsAccording to a proverb, "Those who tell the stories rule the world." Storytelling transmits culture, teaches, and heals. For Native Americans, its power survived generations despite attempts at repression. Lily Mendoza, bookseller, explains through the lens of three Lakota poets. Be sure enter the drawing for a copy of Joy Harjo’s beautifully illustrated “Remember.”
2023-10-0924 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 5 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism From an Indigenous Lens, Part II - The Rosary as a Lakota PrayerWhen Damian Costello thinks of the Lakota way, many sacred items come to mind. The Sun Dance tree. The čhaŋnúŋpa, or sacred pipe. The drum. The prayer tie. And the rosary. Dr. Damian Costello joins us to talk about that most Catholic of prayers, the rosary, understood as a Lakota way. October is dedicated to the Rosary.
2023-10-0220 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 4 - A Conversation With Visiting Artist Michele David Mechling“What defines us is our place in the environment that we live in and how we express ourselves in it,” says visiting artist Michele David Mechling. Learn about her journey as an artist and the joy she finds sharing art with the students of St. Joseph’s Indian School.
2023-09-2521 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 3 - Getting to Know the Provincial Superior, Part II - The Intercultural ChurchIt has been said that "Our first task in approaching another people, another culture, another religion is to take off our shoes, for the place we are approaching is holy.” Fr. Vien Nguyen unpacks the meaning of intentional intercultural living for those who founded our school towards the end of the boarding school era and for the world's future.
2023-09-1819 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 2 - Getting to Know the Provincial Superior, Part I - Fr. Vien NguyenFrom Vietnamese boat person to Provincial Superior – let’s get to know Fr. Vien Nguyen, Provincial Superior of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, founders of St. Joseph’s Indian School. Learn his favorite musical choice and why he likes the prophet, Amos.
2023-09-1123 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 4, Episode 1 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism From and Indigenous Lens - The Buffalo SkullShould the Catholic Church near you have a buffalo skull? Dr. Damian Costello, a Catholic theologian specializing in Indigenous spiritual traditions, joins us to bring fresh perspectives on Catholicism through an Indigenous lens. We explore the appropriateness of the presence of the buffalo skull in Catholic houses of worship.
2023-09-0424 minHóčhoka PodcastHóčhocka Season 4 TeaserDon't miss Hóčhoka Season 4 when:
Dr. Damian Costello joins us again to provide fresh perspectives on Catholicism through and indigenous lens.
We get to know Fr. Vien Nguyen, Superior Provincial of the Priests of the Sacred Heart, founders of our school.
Visiting Artist Michele David Mechling shares the joy of art with our students.
We learn about Native American literature from Lily Mendoza, Joseph Marshall III and the school's own bookmobile initiative.
We talk about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women with Red Skirt Society Founder Lily Mendoza, Joseph Marshall III and employees of the State of South Da...
2023-08-1401 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 15 - Talking Thiyóšpaye - Part IIIBeen here, done that! Let’s get acquainted with a former student. Today we talk with Larry Jandreau, a student from 1960 to 1964. Larry is currently the Director of Facilities Management for the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe and a member of the St. Joseph's Indian School Board of Directors. Enjoy his look back to St. Joe's in the 60s.
2023-05-0824 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 14 - Talking Thiyóšpaye - Part ILet’s hear about what it was like from someone with soul. Today we talk with Virgil Taken Alive, former counselor in the Big Boys Dormitory, enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, retired station KLND DJ who went by Lakota Soulman and our treasured powwow emcee.
2023-05-0126 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 13 - Why Contribute to St. Joseph’s Indian School?Why contribute to the mission of St. Joseph’s Indian School? During the school’s 46th Annual Powwow, host Scott Woster sat down with Steele and Alphin to learn how this couple became donors and what motivates their generosity.
2023-04-2420 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 12 - Fresh Perspectives - Bishop Marty and Sitting BullWhat would Sitting Bull and Bishop Marty talk about? Why does it matter? Today we talk with Dr. Paul Monson, associate professor of church history and academic dean at Sacred Heart Seminary and School of Theology near Milwaukee, Wisc. Dr. Monson discusses the relationship between these two iconic figures and wonders about the influence Sitting Bull had on Bishop Marty.
2023-04-1726 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 11 - Counseling Services, Part III - Equine TherapyEquine Therapy at St. Joseph’s Indian School – learn why it is more than horse sense. Today we talk with Patty Bourne, equine specialist, and Robyn Knecht, director of Counseling Services. Patty gives us insight into the dynamic at the heart of equine therapy. She and Robyn tell us how this therapy is utilized in Counseling Services provided by St. Joe’s to our students.
2023-04-1022 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 10 - Counseling Services, Part II - BrainspottingWhere you look affects how you feel. Really? Today we talk with Dr. Karen Wiemers, psychologist, and Robyn Knecht, director of Counseling Services. Dr. Wiemers helps us understand “Brainspotting” – that where you look does affect how you feel. She and Robyn tell us how this therapy is utilized in Counseling Services provided by St. Joe’s to our students.
2023-04-0322 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 9 - Counseling Services, Part I - The Counseling Services DepartmentOne counselor to every twenty students? That isn't the only exceptional feature of St. Joseph's Indian School's Counseling Services Department. Today we talk with Robyn Knecht, director of Counseling Services. Robyn is here to discuss Counseling Services' role in the "Circle of Care," our approach to student care at St. Joseph's Indian School.
2023-03-2720 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 8 - Innovative Care Delivery: The Circle of CareWhat is a wraparound environment? Why does it matter? St. Joseph's Indian School's Executive Director of Child Services Jennifer Renner-Meyer discusses the "Circle of Care," our approach to student care. Learn about this practical and comprehensive concept.
2023-03-2014 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 7 - Mark Freado, Tell Us About ItWhat happens when a St. Joseph's Indian School high school senior meets a professional trainer and coach in the fields of youth development, forensic psychology, social services, mental health, juvenile justice and education? We're here to find out.
Mark Freado has more than four decades of experience in services for young people and their families. He provides consultation and training services to public and private organizations worldwide. Listen as St. Joseph's high school senior Basil Eagle Star gets to know Freado.
2023-03-1318 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 6 - Kid Whispering, Part IIIYou don’t need to be a superhero to be a top-flight Kid Whisperer, but there are four superpowers you’ll want to make your own.
Today Mark Freado joins us again to unpack the wisdom in his book, “The Art of Kid Whispering, Reaching the Inside Kid.” Hone your superpowers with kids here.
2023-03-0624 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 5 - Kid Whispering, Part IILook out, Gucci, you have competition. Kids with pain and trauma are costume designers.
Today Mark Freado joins us again to unpack the wisdom in his book, “The Art of Kid Whispering, Reaching the Inside Kid.” Listen and learn about kids, costumes and being present to the Inside Kid.
2023-02-2722 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 4 - Kid Whispering, Part IToday’s guest says, “If you want to understand kids, you must learn to dance.”
Today we talk with Mark Freado, who, with JC Chambers and Matt Merrit, wrote the book “The Art of Kid Whispering, Reaching the Inside Kid.” Mark is currently revising the text for a new edition. He has more than four decades of experience in services for young people and their families. He provides consultation and training services to public and private organizations worldwide. Mark has been an essential partner to St. Joseph’s Indian School for many years.
2023-02-2022 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 3 - Detour Home, Part III - Perspectives From a Residential UpbringingEver wonder what "that kid," thinks? We've got someone with us today who was "that kid?"
Today we talk with Sean Milner, an alumnus of The Baptist Children's Village. He came to the ministry at a young age with his three brothers and one sister and remained there for 18 years. He is the only former childcare resident to serve as executive director of The Baptist Children's Village and the only one nationwide among all Southern Baptist childcare agencies. Today he gives us perspective on a residential upbringing as someone who lived that life.
2023-02-1319 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 2 - Detour Home, Part II - Eagle Star to Milner, ”Tell Us About It”What happens when a high school senior interviews a residential school administrator? We’re here to find out.
Today St. Joseph's Indian School senior Basil Eagle Star talks with Sean Milner. Sean is an alumnus of The Baptist Children’s Village. He came to the ministry at a young age with his three brothers and one sister and remained there for 18 years. He is the only former childcare resident to serve as executive director of The Baptist Children’s Village and the only one nationwide among all Southern Baptist childcare agencies.
2023-02-0621 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3, Episode 1 - Detour Home, Part I - The Call to Residential CareHouseparenting – who wants that job? Lets’ find out by talking to someone who wasn’t so sure at first, the President of St. Joseph’s Indian School. Today we talk with Mike Tyrell. Tyrell is the President of St. Joseph’s Indian School and author of the recently published “Detour Home,” whose name we steal for this series. The novel is a series of fictional stories sewn together to tell a more significant tale. It is loosely based on his experience as a young man who moved with his wife to St. Joseph’s Indian School to become a houseparent. Lik...
2023-01-3020 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 3 TeaserHóčhoka podcast returns to the airwaves this January with Season 3, offering 15 more episodes that engage the viewer/listener in the conversation about Native American education today. St. Joseph’s Indian School hopes you enjoy learning about the people and ideas that make our school the special place our families tell us it is.
2023-01-2402 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 2, Episode 15 - Fresh Perspectives, Part III - The Secret Indigenous Life of Christmas TreesMost of us don’t know how deep the Christmas tree’s roots are says Dr. Damian Costello. He walks us through some history and shares indigenous cultural traditions and other perspectives to bring us full circle to appreciate the secret indigenous life of the Christmas Tree.
2022-12-1215 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 2, Episode 14 - The Spirit that Inspires Us, Part III - The Chapel as IconCan the Catholic Faith and Lakota tradition emerge from the same spiritual trunk to become the branches that nourish and shelter the students at St. Joseph’s Indian School? Mission Integration Director Joe Tyrell illustrates how Our Lady of the Sioux Chapel is an icon of the bridges between Lakota spirituality and Catholic tradition for life at St. Joseph's Indian School.
2022-12-0510 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 2, Episode 13 - The Spirit That Inspires Us, Part II - Fully Lakota, Fully CatholicMakȟa Black Elk follows the path of his great great great grandfather Nicholas Black Elk in fully embracing his Lakota heritage and the Catholic faith. He finds no dualism in this approach. Instead, he understands the richness and fullness of this spirituality. Listen to Makȟa and host Scott Woster on Hóčhoka.
2022-11-2821 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 2,Episdoe 12 - Fresh Perspectives Part II, Squanto and America’s Indigenous HolidayDr. Damian Costello says that few things in American life strike a deeper chord than Thanksgiving. Walk with us through the true indigenous roots of the first Thanksgiving feast to come to see and respect the Indigenous way of giving thanks at the heart of this celebration. Look at Squanto from a new perspective.
2022-11-2119 minHóčhoka PodcastSeason 2, Episode 11 - The Spirit That Inspires Us Part I, The Heart of JesusLearn what drives the mission of St. Joseph’s Indian School and the inspiring leader who said, “The Heart of Jesus is overflowing with tenderness and compassion for all those who suffer, those who endure hardships, those who go hungry, and for the sick and the infirm. His is the heart of a father, the heart of a mother, the heart of a shepherd.” Listen as Fr. Tom Cassidy introduces us to Fr. Leo John Dehon.
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