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Conference Raffle Winner

We have a winner of The Lodge Approach Educators’ Conference 2026 who participated at the Thrive 2026 conference, Kaajal J. from the University of Pennsylvania. She will receive one non-transferable registration to our summer conference convening in July at Chief Dull Knife College in Lame Deer, MT. Thanks to everyone who participated and we hope to see you there as well!

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Thrive 2026

Thrive 2026 Thrive 2026 is a three‑day NAIS conference in Seattle for independent school educators and leaders. It focuses on how schools are responding to current pressures: enrollment and financial uncertainty, staff burnout, rapid changes in technology (including AI), and ongoing conversations about equity and access. The overall emphasis is on sharing concrete examples, tools, and data rather than broad inspirational themes. Setovaatse, John and Sam shared about the Educators’ Conference coming this summer, programming for students and adults and AR and artifacts from ahtove.org.

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Impact of the Frankel Trip

Impact of the Frankel Trip Students from the Frankel Jewish Academy in Detroit, Michigan visited the Northern Cheyenne Homelands in September 2025 as one of their choices for their 9th grade with The Lodge Approach. Two of their students wrote about their experiences and they were published in the Detroit Jewish News. You can read or listen to their stories here. Emma S. 12/26/25: https://www.thejewishnews.com/opinion/student-corner-a-trip-worth-remembering/article_74f16b62-22e0-41d5-abaf-d00ef12bcbe7.html Luca T. 1/30/26: https://www.thejewishnews.com/opinion/the-frankel-montana-trip/article_eaaf6c98-1dbd-4ec0-92e1-87d06737c34b.html Learn more about Youth Programs from The Lodge Approach HERE.

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KSU and Buffalo Artifacts

KSU with Buffalo Artifacts & AR Junior level students at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio taking social studies teaching methods from Dr. Scott Durham were getting hands on experience with primary source artifacts about the Northern Cheyenne Tribe. They used Ahtove.org to experience Augmented Reality with Chitat in regalia (first picture – Chitat is 6 ft. tall), researched about artifacts from Randall Tall Bull on the uses of the buffalo (second and third picture), and then touched and talked about the artifacts from the buffalo trunk. Dr, Durham shared about the importance and relevance of using artifacts in social studies instruction as these students were preparing for a future in

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