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Hochoka Season 8, Episode 12 - Why Art Education Matters With Mark Zimmerman, Part II

Fine arts, drama, music, movement, and creative writing – these programs are often the first place we look to trim the educational budget. Let’s spend some time today with two artists who can convince us that when this happens, everything else suffers. Listen up.

Hochoka Season 8, Episode 11 - Why Art Education Matters With Mark Zimmerman, Part I

Is it reading, and writing, and ‘rithmatic? What about STEM? What’s your recipe for educational success? Today, we’re talking to two guys who have a dog in the fight, and they’ve got something to say about Art.

Hochoka Season 8, Episode 10 - Talking Thiyóšpaye Part III - Moving on into Adult Life

The late contemporary Irish poet John O’Donohue wrote in an unfinished poem, “I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.” Our guest today embodies this open delight at life. Let’s meet this 2025 graduate of St. Joseph’s Indian School.

Hochoka Season 8, Episode 9 - Indigenous Scriptural Interpretation and the Problem of Oppression

Many 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.

Hochoka Season 8 - Episode 8 - Talking Thiyóšpaye with Distinguished Alum Gerald High Elk

What 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!

Hochoka Season 8, Episode 7 - Lakota Language Preservation, Part II – The St. Joe Approach

Filmmaker 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.

Hochoka Season 8, Episode 6 - Lakota Language Preservation, Part I – The Reality

Lakota 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.

Hochoka Season 8, Episode 5 - The American Indian Catholic Schools Network

Mother 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.

Hochoka Season 8, Episode 4 - St. Joseph’s Bookmobile Reprise

Why are three college-age women traveling throughout the Indian Country of the Northern Plains distributing books? Let’s find out.

Hochoka Season 8, Episode 3 - Talking Thióšpaye, Part I - Getting to Know Fr. Greg Schill, SCJ

How 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.