’25 Conference Schedule – The Lodge Approach

Tues. July 8 - Morning
Location: Lame Deer High School Carl Bement Memorial Hwy Lame Deer, MT 59043
9:00 – 10:00	Registration Commons Area
10:00 – 10:45	Welcome and Introduction Thomas Shoulderblade, Eva Flying, and Sam Chestnut Commons Area
10:45 – 11:30	Conference Philosophy and Opening Address Kari Dahle-Huff, Sam Chestnut Commons Area
11:30 – 1:00	Break for Lunch

Tues. July 8 - Afternoon
Lame Deer High School
1:00 – 1:50	The Buffalo Hide Model: A Path to Truly Decolonizing Education: Matthew Johnson Music Room		Plants and Their Stories and the Importance of Outdoor Education: Linwood Tall Bull and Randall Tall Bull Meet at Main Entrance
2:00 – 2:50	Honoring Stories Bridging Gaps: Practical Tools for Culturally Responsive Teaching: Lorelei Chavez and Kristal Funk Music Room	Two Eyed Seeing: Dr. Elaine Westbrook Room 311
3:00 – 3:50	Connecting with Kids through Shield Making : Nikki Barrettmelin Music Room		Sweat Lodge Experience Meet at Main Entrance
4:00 – 4:50	From Lame Deer to Detroit: Illuminating possibilities with and through critical culturally sustaining/revitalizing pedagogy Scott Durham Music Room	Ahtove – A Teaching Resource about Northern Cheyenne Culture: John Bennett Room 311	Sweat Lodge Experience Meet at Main Entrance
5:15 – 6:30	Dinner and Keynote Canzas Hisbadhorse & Romeo Travis Commons Area

Wed. July 9 - Morning
Lame Deer High School
9:00 – 10:50	Plants and Their Stories and the Importance of Outdoor Education: Linwood Tall Bull and Randall Tall Bull Meet at Main Entrance	History Hike: Gary LaFranier & Thomas Shoulderblade Meet at Main Entrance
11:00 – 11:50	Transcending NAGPRA: Indigenizing Collections Care and Repatriation Courtney Little Axe Music Room	Cheyenne Language Lesson – Driving Directions Rosalia Bad Horse Room 311
12:00 – 1:00	Break for Lunch

Wed. July 9 - Afternoon
Lame Deer High School
1:00 – 1:50	Using Native Artifacts: Randall Tall Bull Music Room
2:00 – 2:50	I Will Sit With You: April Martin Commons Area
3:00 – 3:50	A Culture of Connection: A Tribal Relational Framework for Whole Child Engagement: Dr. Brooke Beaverheart Gondara and Crystal Hickman Music Room
4:00 – 4:50	Let’s Talk: Leveraging Student Conversation to Empower Academic Ownership through Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching: Kristal Funk Music Room	Ahtove – A Teaching Resource about Northern Cheyenne Culture: John Bennett Room 311
5:15 – 6:30	Dinner and Keynote Shirl Robinson and Janelle Jewitt Commons Area

Thurs. July 10 - Morning
Lame Deer High School
9:00 – 9:50	Keynote: David Charpentier Commons Area
10:00 – 10:30	Processing in Cohort Groups: K – 6, 7 – High School, Post High School Commons Area
10:30	Closing Remarks Commons Area