Hóčhoka Podcast

Hochoka 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?”

Hochoka 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.

Hochoka Season 6, Episode 1 - Talking Thiyóšpaye Part I - I Am on a Turtle’s Walk

What 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.

Hochoka Season 6, Teaser

Don’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 evaluation methods

Hóčhoka Season 5, Episode 16 - Native American Lit., Part III - Nurturing Young Illustrators

What 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.

Hóčhoka Season 5, Episode 15 - Native American Lit., Part II - Words Painting Pictures

What 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.

Hóčhoka Season 5, Episode 14 - Residential Education, Part IV - Recipe for Successful Adult Life

What 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.

Hóčhoka Season 5, Episode 13 - Lessons from the Bow and Arrow, Part III - Strength

Strength 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.