Damian Costello - The Role of Visions & The Life of Black Elk

Podcast: How People Grow: Finding Wisdom in Every Season · David Achata

Opublikowano: 2026-03-23

Dr. Damian Costello joins us this week to talk about the role of visions in an indigenous worldview. Dr. Costello is an international expert on Nicholas Black Elk, a Lakota Medicine Man. Damian is the author of Black Elk: Colonialism and Lakota Catholicism, and holds a Ph.D. in theological studies from the University of Dayton. Currently serving as the Director of Postgraduate Studies at NAIITS: An Indigenous Learning Community, he focuses on the intersection of Indigenous traditions and Catholic theology, with a career deeply informed by extensive ethnographic research. To support this podcast go...