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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 social studies at the high school level. You can learn more about the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, AR and the Buffalo Trunk HERE. https://ahtove.org/buffalo-trunk/ The Lodge Approach has created educational websites that you can view HERE.https://thelodgeapproach.org/educational-websites

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UMU and Buffalo Artifacts

UMU with Buffalo Artifacts & AR Third year students at the University of Mount Union, Alliance, Ohio were taking social studies teaching methods from Dr. Mary Beth Henning in January 2026. They 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 & third picture), researched about artifacts from Randall Tall Bull on the uses of the buffalo (fourth picture), and then touched and talked about the artifacts from the buffalo trunk (second and fifth picture). these students will be using their school’s buffalo trunk created by Randall in their fourth grade classrooms this spring in Alliance. All of the students will be using ahtove.org as one of their main resources while creating detailed lesson plants for the students. You can learn more about the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, AR and the Buffalo Trunk HERE. https://ahtove.org/buffalo-trunk/

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