The hochokaaudio’s Podcast

Season 4, Episode 7 – Native American Literature, Part II - St. Joe’s Bookmobile

“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.

Season 4, Episode 6 - Native American Literature, Part I - Three Poets

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."

Season 4, Episode 5 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism From an Indigenous Lens, Part III - The Rosary

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.

Season 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.

Season 4, Episode 3 - Getting to Know the Provincial Superior, Part II - The Intercultural Church

It 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.

Season 4, Episode 2 - Getting to Know the Provincial Superior, Part I - Fr. Vien Nguyen

From 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.

Season 4, Episode 1 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism From an Indigenous Lens, Part I - The Buffalo Skull

Should 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.

Hóčhoka Season 4 Trailer

Don'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 Dakota who work on the issue every day.
We visit with Religious Studies Teacher Kim Schneider about her summer spiritual journeys that traversed the Lakota sacred sites of South Dakota and the Camino to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

Season 3, Episode 15 - Talking Thiyóšpaye – Part II

Been here, done that! Let’s get acquainted with a former student. Today we talk with Larry Jandreau, a student here 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 as he looks back to St. Joe's in the 60s.

Season 3, Episode 14 - Talking Thiyóšpaye – Part I

Let’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.