Hóčhoka Podcast

Hochoka Season 7, Episode 14 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism, Part I – The Ghost Dance and Salvation

Some 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.

Hochoka 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?

Hochoka Season 7, Episode 12 - Talking Thiyóšpaye, Part I – Getting to Know You, Again

What 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.

Hochoka 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

Hochoka Season 7, Episode 10 - Monique Gray Smith - Braiding Sweetgrass in the Classroom and Around the Dinner Table

In 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.

Hochoka Season 7, Episode 9 - Monique Gray Smith – The Wisdom of an Indigenous Garden

Native 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.

Hochoka 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. 

Hochoka Season 7, Episode 7 - Zitkala-Šá, Part III – Red Bird and Catholicism

To 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?