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The ability to connect with others, each in their unique way, is the gift shared by four from St. Joseph’s Indian School that made them standouts to win Catherine Hershey National Awards. Continue reading “Four from St. Joseph’s Indian School Receive National Honors”
Friday, October 22, marked the beginning of St. Joseph’s Indian School’s annual observance of Red Ribbon Week. Continue reading “St. Joseph’s Indian School Students are Proud to be Drug Free!”
Students gazed over the mountain of pumpkins in search of what they deemed to be the perfect pumpkin. Some were on the hunt for the common orange and round pumpkin. Others wanted a misfit – a pumpkin with discoloration, and maybe a couple of bumps and warts for a spookier or unique look.
Whatever it was, they sure found it at the first-ever St. Joseph’s Indian School Pumpkin Patch event. Continue reading “St. Joseph’s Indian School Hosts a Pumpkin-Picking, Hot-Chocolate-Sipping Day”
Fourth through seventh-grade students at St. Joseph’s Indian School let their imaginations loose in the wonderful world of comics led by visiting artist Dylan Jacobson the week of October 17. Continue reading “It’s “Comics 101” with Visiting Artist at St. Joseph’s Indian School”
With the start of the 2022-23 school year, St. Joseph’s Indian School began celebrating our 95th anniversary!
Ninety-five years is quite a triumph, and we are humbled to know we have been caring for Native American children and families for over nine decades — especially considering our very humble beginnings. Continue reading “Celebrating 95 Years of Service to Native American Families”
There’s something to be said about an empty piece of land. While the eye may gaze upon it and not see anything, sometimes your mind’s eye sees beyond the emptiness. It sees what it could be, and a dream takes root. Continue reading “St. Joseph’s Dedicates Equine Therapy Center”
Staff, students and animals in the school’s programs came together at the center of St. Joseph’s Indian School’s campus on October 4, Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals and the environment. Even the squirrels paused their high-speed food-stashing activity for the morning’s observance. Continue reading “Blessing the Animals Says Mitákuye Oyás’iŋ at St. Joseph’s Indian School”
St. Joseph’s Indian School recently announced $115,970 in fall-semester scholarships for Native American students across the nation, bringing the total awards for the calendar year Continue reading “St. Joseph’s Sets New Record for Scholarships Awarded”
The 46th Annual St. Joseph’s Indian School Wačhípi – Powwow – marks the return to a public powwow for the students for the first time since the onset of the pandemic. September 17 marks the long-awaited powwow comeback. Students have been hard at work practicing dance since their August 16 return to campus. Continue reading “St. Joseph’s Indian School Announces Powwow Royalty”
Hot sun and hotrods were the recipe for this year’s American Island Days in Chamberlain, S.D, on August 20, 2022.
Adding some flair and beauty to the afternoon, eleven St. Joseph’s Indian School dancers and eight drummers enjoyed displaying the powwow dance styles of their cultural heritage to festival-goers. The school’s drum group, Pahá Makȟásaŋ Lowáŋpi (the Chalk Hills Singers), provided the heartbeat of the people at the event. Continue reading “St. Joseph’s Indian School Students Demonstrate Powwow Dances at American Island Days”