Hóčhoka Podcast

Hóčhoka Season 5, Episode - Residential Education, Part I - Reprise: Tell Me More

It’s been eleven months since we asked the question, “What happens when a high school senior interviews a residential school administrator?” We found out in Season 3, and we're here again today to find out what happens when Basic Eagle Star and Sean Milner meet again almost one year later.

Hóčhoka Season 5, Episode 3 - The Spirit That Inspires Us Part I - Fr. Vien Nguyen at 615 Days

What goes on in 615 days in the life of the Provincial Superior of the Priests of the Sacred Heart in the United States? Roughly half-way through his three-year term, Fr. Vien Nguyen is here to give us an up close and personal account.

Hóčhoka Season 5, Episode 2 - Native American Literature, Part II - Upcoming Good Reads

Did you know that of the 2,336 characters on 345 of the most popular TV shows airing between 1987 and 2007, only three were Native American? Sixty-two percent of non-Native Americans report not knowing a single one of the over five million Native people in the U.S., 70% of whom live in urban areas. And then, there is the issue of stereotypes. What if well-known and gifted storyteller Joseph Marshall III wanted to change that landscape? Listen as he tells about three new novels he publishes this year.

Hóčhoka Season 5, Episode 1 - Fresh Perspectives Part I - Lakota Star Knowledge

“The heavens declare the glory of God; the firmament proclaims the works of his hands.” So begins Psalm 19. “We sell our ancestral traditions short if we don’t delve deeper into what that means,” says Dr. Damian Costello as he brings us another fresh perspective on Catholicism through an Indigenous lens.

Hóčhoka Podcast SeasonTeaser

Hóčhoka podcast returns to the airwaves this January with Season 5, offering 16 more episodes that engage audiences in the conversation about Native American education today.
Dr. Damian Costello joins us again to provide fresh perspectives on Catholicism through and indigenous lens.
We hear what Fr. Vien Nguyen says on the half-way mark as Superior Provincial of the Priests of the Sacred Heart.
We learn about the wisdom of the traditional Lakota bow and arrow from Joseph Marshall III.
We visit with Don Forrester, Michelle Maikotter and AJ Rinaldi, thought leaders in residential education.
We spend time with Oglala Sioux ledger artist Donald Montileaux and follow him into sessions in the classroom with our students. 

Season 4, Episode 14 - Fresh Perspectives, The Pilgrimage

A scallop shell, a walking stick and a young woman from Nebraska – let’s find out what this is all about. Today we are talking with Religious Studies Teacher Kim Schneider. This was a summer of pilgrimage for Kim, and we invited her here to share her experiences with us.

Season 4, Episode 13 - Fresh Perspectives on Catholicism From and Indigenous Lens - Fragrant, Holy Grass

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.

Season 4, Episode 12 - MMIW, Part III - MMIP and Human Trafficking: What You Should Know

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.