In Campus Homes

Training began with children who were taught to sit still and enjoy it. They were taught to use their organs of smell, to look when there was apparently nothing to see, and to listen intently when all seemingly was quiet.

Luther Standing Bear, Lakota

Residential Life

If you look at photographs of our campus in 1927, you see the typical grounds of a Federal institution – an orderly landscape that reinforced the regimented lifestyle of Chamberlain Indian School. That was the initial lifestyle of St. Joseph’s Indian School for many decades. Today you find a much different landscape. A walk or drive through campus shows a more personal, open landscape, one that reflects the more personal and child-centered program we offer today.

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Additional Programs & Services

In addition to Residential Life’s vigorous training program for houseparents that helps to ensure a structured approach to home living, additional programs and resources support the fine care that houseparents provide.

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Our Residential Philosophy

These beliefs guide our approach to our students’ care and formation: Recognition of the dignity of all people as created in God’s image.

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St. Joseph’s Indian School Čanté Wašté Fellowship Pilot Year

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