The hochokaaudio’s Podcast
Why tune into a podcast from St. Joseph’s Indian School? Learn more about what the school has to offer. Listen to the wisdom of thought leaders on Native American education today. Laugh, hope, warm your heart and sharpen your mind at the center of the school’s camp circle. Now you can enjoy audio casts of the school’s exciting vlog.
Episodes

Monday Nov 27, 2023
Monday Nov 27, 2023
Few 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.

Monday Nov 20, 2023
Monday Nov 20, 2023
Someone 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.

Monday Nov 13, 2023
Monday Nov 13, 2023
What 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.

Monday Nov 06, 2023
Monday Nov 06, 2023
What 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.

Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Bridging our conversation between Native American Literature and the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, 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.

Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
You 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

Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
“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.

Monday Oct 09, 2023
Monday Oct 09, 2023
According 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 poets. Be sure enter the drawing for a copy of Joy Harjo’s beautifully illustrated “Remember."

Monday Oct 02, 2023
Monday Oct 02, 2023
When 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 the month of the Rosary.

Monday Sep 25, 2023
Monday Sep 25, 2023
“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.