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The goal of life is to make your heartbeat match the beat of the universe, to match your nature with nature.
Joseph Campbell
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Our Mission

St. Joseph's Indian School is a residential school dedicated to providing opportunities to Native American children and families. The school is an outreach of the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart with a mission to partner with Native American children and their families to educate for life — mind, body, heart and spirit. More than 200 students each year receive education, counseling and residential living through our programs.

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Our School

Our school is the choice of nearly half of our families because they feel their children will receive a better education here and have greater opportunities. Many other positive reasons are included in the reasons why our families want their children to attend St. Joseph's Indian School.

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Our History

If you walk the grounds of St. Joseph’s Indian School today, it is difficult to conceive how many trials the organization has endured since 1927. The blue-green stretch of Missouri River here offers no hint of the dust storms and grasshopper plagues of the Great Depression ...

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Leadership

Leadership thanks you for your interest in our site. Our vital mission is to partner with children and families to educate for life – mind, body, heart and spirit. Leading this mission-based effort gives great ...

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Virtual Campus Tour

Come to St. Joseph’s Indian School from the comfort of your armchair. Joseph Marshall III recorded the audio for this tour that takes you on a trip around our beautiful campus.

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Virtual Art Gallery

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.

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Chamberlain, SD 57325-0089
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