Virtual Art Tour
Campus life is enriched by numerous works of art. Many were created by students with visiting artists. Others are the handiwork of talented employees of St. Joseph’s Indian School.
The Sacred Messenger, Wahóšika Kiŋ Wakȟáŋ
Date Created: Mid-1978
Created By: Brother Cletus Miergerd, SCJ, American
Medium: Mural
Location: Dining Hall
Lakota Creation Story, Eháŋni Lakȟóta Wičhówoyake
Date Created: 2014
Created By: Markus Tracy, American, David A. Meyer II, American, and Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Location:Walkway Between School and Central Offices
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha
Date Created: 1999
Created By: Daniel Long Soldier, Oglala Lakota
Medium: Paint on buffalo hide
Location: Donor Hallway
The Great Vision of Black Elk, Ihaŋbla Kiŋ Tȟáŋka Tȟáheȟáka Sápe
Date Created: 1990s
Created By: Alice Helen Masek, American, and Staff of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Cut paper
Location:Donor Hallway
Health Center Mural, Ítówapi Okhúže Thípi
Date Created: 2019
Created By: Brother Michael McGrath, OSFS, American
Medium: Acrylic
Location: North Wall, First Floor Lobby
Unnamed, Čhažé Šní
Date Created: 1957/58
Created By: Brother Bonaventure, SCJ/Peter Paul di Cresce, American
Medium: Terrazzo
Location: School Building Entrance
Windows, Ožáŋžaŋglepi
Created By: Ron Zeilinger, American
Medium: Stained glass
Location:Walkway Between School and Central Offices
Native St. Joseph, Ikčé Wičháša St. Joseph
Date Created: c. 1980
Created By: Ron Zeilinger, American
Medium: Steel
Location: Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center Parking Lot
Unnamed, Čhažé Šní
Date Created: 2014
Created By: Randall Blaze, Oglala Lakota, David A. Meyer II, American, and Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Ceramic
Location: Museum Historical Center
Mní Wičhóní
Date Created: 2016
Created By: Michael Two Bulls and Doug Two Bulls, Oglala Lakota, 5th and 6th Grade Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Location: Museum Historical Center
Wačhípi Baile Dance
Date Created: 2018
Created By: Hector Curiel, Peruvian, American and 3rd and 5th Grade Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Watercolor
Location: Museum Historical Center
Crossing Paths, Íčhiyopteya Čhaŋkúpi
Date Created: 2016
Created By: Wade Patton, Oglala Lakota, Michele David Mechling, American, and 3rd and 4th Grade Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Linocut Collage
Location: Museum Historical Center
Fundraising Memorial, Wókiksuye Wómnaye
Date Created: c. 1980s
Created By: Bill Clark, American, Bill Harmon, American
Medium: Driftwood
Location:Museum Lobby
Chief Struck by the Ree
1804-1888
Yankton Sioux, Yankton
Red Cloud
1822-1909
Oglala Sioux, Pine Ridge
Chief Little Crow
1810-1863
Santee Sioux, Flandreau
Sitting Bull, Medicine Man
1830-1890
Hunkpapa Sioux, Standing Rock
Chief Gabriel Renville
1825-1992
Santee Sioux, Sisseton
Chief Drifting Goose
1821-1909
Yanktonae Sioux, Crow Creek
Chief Spotted Tail
1823-1881
Brule Sioux, Rosebud
Chief Iron Nation
1815-1894
Brule Sioux, Lower Brule
Chief Hump
1848-1908
Minnecorjou Sioux, Cheyenne
Chief Gall
1840-1895
Hunkpapa Sioux, Standing Rock
Medicine Wheel Garden of Healing, Tȟaowášte Owóžu Miméla Pȟežúta
Date Created: 2014
Created By: John Beheler, Yanktonia Dakota Sioux
Medium: Garden, wood panels, water fountain
Location: Museum Exterior
St. Joseph and Child, St.Joseph Na Wakháŋheža
Date Created: 2007
Created By: Darwin Wolf, American
Medium: Bronze
Location: Campus Entrance
Sacred Heart Cross, Čhaŋíčhipaweǧa Čhaŋté Wakȟáŋ
Created By: Foster Iverson, American
Medium: Steel
Location: Near Campus Entrance on Driveway to Nagel Business Office
Tipi, Thípi
Date Created: c. 1997
Created By: Foster Iverson, American, Bill Harmon, American
Medium: Iron
Location: Florik Memorial Park
Holy Family, Thiwáhe Wakȟáŋ
Date Created: 1982
Created By: Ron Zeilinger, American
Medium: Stained glass
Location: Benedictine Building
Turtle and Lizard, Khéya Na Agléška
Date Created: c. 1957/58
Created By: Brother Bonaventure, SCJ/Peter Paul di Cresce, American
Medium: Terrazzo
Location: West Entrance, Benedictine Building
St. Joseph Indian School Logo, Wóiyačhiŋ
Date Created: 1970
Created By: Deacon Dave Nagle, American
Medium: Stained glass
Location: Central Offices
A Gathering Place for All Nations, Owánka Tȟáŋtaŋhaŋpi Oyáte Ókhižu
Date Created: 2009
Created By: John Beheler, Yanktonia
Dakota Sioux, with Staff Carpenters and Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Acrylic on wood
Location: Dining Hall
Tipi, Thípi
Date Created: 2013
Created By: David A. Meyer II, American, with Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Paint on canvas
Location: Outside the Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center
A Horse Named Generosity, Šúŋkawakȟáŋ Kiŋ Wówačhaŋtognake Ečíyapi
Date Created: 2013
Created By: David A. Meyer II, American, and Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Fiberglass, paint
Location: Museum Entrance
Unnamed, Čhažé Šní
Date Created: c. 2008
Created By: Mark Zimmerman, American; David A. Meyer, II, American, and Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Acrylic on Panel
Location: School Building, Lower Hall
Tateya Skar, Wakhúwapi (hunting group)(plural) Waháčhaŋkapi (shields)
Date Created: c. 1990s
Created By: Gabrielle Wyade (attributed)
Medium: Acrylic on panel
Location: Ground-floor Hallway in School Building
Prayer for Grandmother Earth, Uŋčí Makȟá Wóčhekiye
Date Created: 2013
Created By: Markus Tracy, David A. Meyer II, American, and Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Acrylic
Location: School Art Room
Unnamed, Čhažé Šní
Date Created: c. 1990 – 1993
Created By: Kim Nernberger, American, David A. Meyer II, American and 5th and 6th Grade Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Linoleum cut on paper
Location: School Assembly Room
Zentangle
Date Created: 2020
Created By: Rachel Butzin, Mohawk, and 5th-8th Grade Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Ink
Location: Hallway Outside of School Assembly Room
Four Seasons, Makȟóuŋčhage to’pa
Date Created: 2020
Created By: Markus Tracy, American, and 6th, 7th and 8th Grade Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Acrylic
Location: School Central Stairway
Unnamed, Čhažé Šní
Date Created: 2002
Created By: Janeen Story,American, and Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Acrylic
Location: Across from School Office
Lakota Centering Symbol, Wóiyačhiŋ Čhokátakiya Lakhóta
Date Created: 2004
Created By: David A. Meyer II, American, and Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Mixed media collage
Location:Classroom Hallway Outside School Office
Light Shines Through Me Self Portraits Miyé Itówawa Owá (I draw me)
Date Created: 2010
Created By: Ariadne Albright, American, David A. Meyer II, American and 7th and 8th Grade Students of St. Joseph’s Indian School
Medium: Acrylic paint on glass
Location: Back Central School Stairway
Mosaics
Date Created: c. 1957
Created By: Brother Bonaventure, SCJ/Peter Paul di Cresce, American
American
Medium: Mosaic
Location: Exterior of School Building
Altar, Tabernacle and Ambo
Created By: Deacon Dave Nagel, designer, American with Carpentry Staff
Medium: Wood
Location: Blessed Sacrament Chapel
St. Joseph
Date Created: c. 1957
Created By: Brother Bonaventure, SCJ/Peter Paul di Cresce, American
American
Medium: Carrara marble
Location: Over School Main Entrance
St. Benedict and St. Scholastica
Date Created: c. 1957/58
Created By: Brother Bonaventure, SCJ/Peter Paul di Cresce, American
Medium: Stained wood
Location: Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Prophetic Proclamation of the Lamb of God, TȟáWakȟáŋ Tȟáŋka Tȟačhiŋčala Kiŋ
Date Created: c. 1958
Created By: Brother Bonaventure, SCJ/Peter Paul di Cresce, American
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Location: Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Bronze Stars, Wicháȟpi Mázaǧi
Date Created: c. 1958
Created By: Brother Bonaventure, SCJ/Peter Paul di Cresce, American
Medium: Bronze
Location: Blessed Sacrament Chapel
Lakota Way of the Cross,Tȟačhaŋíčhipaweǧa kiŋ Oínažiŋpi Lakȟóta
Date Created: c. 1988
Created By: Daniel Long Soldier, Oglala Lakota
Medium: Watercolor, pen and ink on matte board
Location: Blessed Sacrament Chapel