Hóčhoka Podcast

Season 4, Episode 8 - Native American Literature, Part III - Lakota Storytelling

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.

Season 4, Episode 7 - Native American Literature, Part II - Literacy Hits the Open Road

“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, Part 1 - 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 Lakota 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 II - The Rosary as a Lakota Prayer

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 dedicated to 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 and Indigenous Lens - 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.