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This winter hasn’t been the worst in recent history, but that didn’t keep students at St. Joseph’s Indian School from blowing up a blizzard of activity on Friday, March 1, the school’s annual “I Hate Winter Day.” The day capped another annual celebration at the...

In an era abuzz about the teacher shortage and how it is affecting schools across South Dakota, one Native American scholarship recipient aims to make a difference by achieving a teaching certificate in the coming year. Her name is Charity Merritt, and she hopes to...

Candid, a leading assessor of nonprofit organizations, recently announced that, for the second year running, St. Joseph’s Indian School achieved the Platinum GuideStar Seal of Transparency for providing comprehensive information about the school’s programs, success...

Our Lady of the Sioux Chapel rises at the center of St. Joseph’s Indian School’s campus. The Morning Star symbol appears some 350 times in the stenciling, stained glass and statuary of the Chapel, an icon of the bridges between the Lakota and Catholic traditions. Mary...

Beginning January 28, St. Joseph’s Indian School joined other Catholic schools across the country in celebrating Catholic Schools Week. This year’s national theme was “United in Faith and Community.” Faith-based activities included beginning the week with a Lakota...

Joseph Marshall III joins Hochoka podcast Season 5.

Christmas comes to the Lakota families of St. Joseph’s Indian School

The days of November wove a tapestry of Native American stories, language and traditions for the students of St. Joseph’s Indian School as they honored the culture of the Lakota, Dakota and Nakota people from whom they descend. Activities included rich threads of star...

“Ghost Dance,” 1991, acrylic on canvas, Roger Broer, Oglala Lakota

Third grader Wyatt LaRoche and eighth grader Rylee Bagola better enjoyed watching staff members get pied in the face.

The Chalk Hills Singers Native American Drum Group

During the week of October 23, students at St. Joseph’s Indian School observed the importance of sobriety with five drug-awareness-themed dress-up days. Monday staff and students wore red for the week’s color sake. Tuesday was Twin Day when everyone paired up to dress...

On October 24, acclaimed Oglala Lakota ledger artist Donald F. Montileaux paid a visit to St. Joseph’s Indian School where he sparked students’ imaginations with his masterful storytelling and vivid artistic style. Montileaux, accompanied by wife, Paulette, spent the...

Sunday, October 15, provided the opportunity for nineteen freshman and sophomore students at St. Joseph’s Indian School to explore life’s peaks and valleys through critical reflection on their purpose in life on the undulating terrain of the Badlands. The goal of the...

Joseph Marshall III taught traditional Lakota bow and arrow techniques and wisdom to students from grades seven through 12.

Kayla McCloskey will graduate in May of 2024 from Black Hills State University (BHSU) with a double major in American Indian Studies and Sociology. She is ready to take on the future. A 2018 graduate of St. Joseph’s Indian School’s High School Program, McCoskey is an...

A spread of homemade chili with all the trimmings, lasagna and garlic bread greeted alumni dropping by the new Sacred Hoop Alumni Center on St. Joseph’s Indian School’s campus for Walk-in Wednesday on October 4. It is a weekly event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the...

St. Joseph’s Indian School’s President wins Catherine Hershey Lifetime Achievement Award

On September 16, 2023, St. Joseph’s Indian School hosted its 47th Annual Wačhípi (Powwow). Five drum groups participated, including the school’s own Pahá Makȟásaŋ Lowáŋpi – the Chalk Hills Singers. Close to 350 of the school’s benefactors from around the globe were on...

The 47th Annual St. Joseph’s Indian School Wačhípi is September 16. Students have been hard at work practicing dance and drum group since their August 13 return to campus. As is the tradition, a royalty competition set the event in motion on Wednesday, September 6....

St. Joseph’s Indian School Student Answers Knock of Opportunity

St. Joseph’s Indian School 47th Annual Powwow

Host Scott Woster and Dr. Damian Costello launch Hóčhoka Season 4

Back-to-school at St. Joseph’s Indian School

(Lower Brule, S.D.) Priests and brothers of the Sacred Heart (SCJs) from around the world gathered at St. Mary's Parish on Sunday, July 30, to celebrate the beginning of their ministry in the United States one hundred years ago. Countries represented included Poland,...

St. Joseph’s Bookmobile Completes Summer Tour and Podcast

St. Joseph’s Indian School Repeats as Top Nonprofit

St. Joseph’s Indian School Fourth Grade Goes Hot-Diggity for Helping Ends Meet Food Program

Fifteen Graduate from St. Joseph’s Indian School

Cultural Trip Forms Students for Leadership Roles in the Footsteps of Their Ancestors

St. Joseph’s Indian School Bookmobile, Alumni Liaison Coming to Your Area

St. Joseph’s Indian School Announces Graduation of Six From High School Program

First Wičhóni Wašte “The Summit” Retreat Provides Opportunity for Reflection for St. Joseph’s Indian School Students

St, Joseph’s Indian School Students Observe Sobriety Celebration

St. Joseph’s Indian School Breaks Ground on Rec Center Renovation

Many of us have joy-filled childhood memories of dress-up days and pretending to be someone famous. St. Joseph’s Indian School’s third-grade teachers, Melissa McDonald and Jen Overweg combined these two happy pastimes for their students in a wax museum experience on...

Jeremy Herron Awarded St. Joseph’s Indian School Scholarship

Catholic Schools Week Celebrated at St. Joseph’s Indian School

St. Joseph’s Indian School Goes Platinum With Candid/GuideStar

St. Joseph’s Indian School Earns Reaccreditation