Educational Websites

Ahtove.org

Ahtove.org is a free, interactive educational resource dedicated to sharing and exploring the culture, language, and traditions of the Northern Cheyenne people. The site is designed for anyone interested in learning about another culture while also reflecting on their own, with a special emphasis on openness, storytelling, and personal insight.

Ahtove.org serves as both a cultural bridge and an educational tool, fostering understanding, respect, and personal growth through the exploration of Northern Cheyenne heritage.

Key Features

Cultural Content: Ahtove.org features lessons, primary sources, music, art, dance, stories, and artifacts from the Northern Cheyenne community. The site includes a regalia section with song, dance, and augmented reality experiences showcasing different regalia of the Northern Cheyenne.

Language Learning: The site offers resources for learning the Northern Cheyenne language, including videos and activities that connect Cheyenne words to their cultural context. Students and educators can use these materials to explore how language reflects culture and to create their own stories behind Cheyenne words.

Educational Use: Ahtove.org is widely used in classrooms, particularly in Ohio, to support culturally sustaining lessons. It provides lesson plans and activities that align with state social studies standards, encouraging inquiry-based learning and cultural connection for students from diverse backgrounds.

Community and Storytelling: The concept of “ahtove” is rooted in a Northern Cheyenne saying that emphasizes openness to hearing and learning from others. The site encourages users to discover more about themselves and the interconnectedness of stories across cultures.

Partnerships and Recognition: Ahtove.org has been incorporated into university and K-8 curricula and is recognized as a valuable primary resource for teaching about Native American culture in contemporary, authentic ways.

“Today was our last day of classes before exams and one group of my students wanted to take a picture in front of the ahtove website! Several of these students said learning about this website and using it this spring was the best part of their entire social studies methods experience! ”

Mary Beth Henning Ph.D.
University of Mount Union

I had the opportunity to teach Intercultural Communication students at the Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences in Aschaffenburg, Germany in May 2025. The theme of the interactive presentation was the 12 Tribal Nations in Montana. I showed the students how to navigate the Ahtove website and had them choose a topic (e.g., “regalia,” or “buffalo trunk”) and then create a mini presentation to share what they learned with their classmates. These international students, from not only Germany, but also other nations such as Nepal and South Korea, were fascinated in learning about the Northern Cheyenne people. The picture presented shows them standing with exit tickets in hand. These tickets included something they found remarkable from the website, as well as a question they still had about the Northern Cheyenne Nation. In the future, I would love to have Northern Cheyenne students from Montana State University Billings (in concert with the Ahtove website) come and share their culture, traditions, and history with German peers.

Dr. Karen Washburn

Assistant Professor of Social Studies Education

Montana State University Billings

walkportagepath.org

walkportagepath.org provides detailed information about the historical Portage Path, an ancient Indigenous trail that connected the Cuyahoga and Tuscarawas Rivers and served as a vital link between the Great Lakes and the Gulf of America. The website highlights the trail’s significance to Native American tribes such as the Seneca, Delaware, and Erie, and it features cultural attractions along the path in Akron, Ohio, including museums, a zoo, and Indigenous celebrations.

Key Features

The site also promotes annual events like the Portage Path Walk, which is a community event celebrating the trail’s history and Indigenous heritage. The walk typically includes educational opportunities about the path’s past and present significance.

Students from The Lippman School, Portage Path Community Learning Center, and the Northern Cheyenne Nation worked together in 2016 to create the Walk Portage Path website and a mobile app. Their goal was to share information about the historic Indian trail-its history and natural features-so that more people could learn about it online.

Walkportagepath.org helps ensure that the stories, culture, and voices of Indigenous peopler are represented and respected in the observance of North American First People’s Day and the Portage Path, fostering cross-cultural learning and recognition of Indigenous contributions and history.

Students from The Lippman School were instrumental in sparking broader community recognition of the Portage Path and Indigenous history. Their presentations to Akron City Council in 2018 led to the establishment of North American First People’s Day in Akron, further demonstrating their leadership in promoting education and awareness about the trail and its cultural significance