See Carleton’s 2026–27 Indigenous Related Courses
What is “Indigenous Engagement in Place”?
“Indigenous Engagement in Place” emerges from Carleton’s attempts to live into our land acknowledgement through honest storytelling and respectful relationships with Dakota and Ojibwe peoples and builds upon ongoing Indigenous engagement efforts at Carleton.
2026 – 2027 Glimpses
- AMST 214: Fame, Media, and Indigeneity will be taught Fall 2026 by incoming Post-doctoral Fellow in American Studies, Kaylen James (Itazipco Lakota/ Mdewakantunwan Dakota).
- Will be hosting a visit by distinguished NAIS faculty member Amy Lonetree (Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin).
- Will be welcoming our second Professional Learning Cohort composed of 8 Carleton Faculty and Staff members
- More updates to come on a Native American and Indigenous Studies Minor and new student research opportunities for Summer 2027 (applications open early spring).
2025 – 2026 Achievements
- fostering 5 student research collaborations and 4 faculty course redesign collaborations
- hosting Indigenous Peoples’ Day programming featuring author James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw (Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe)
- successfully piloting the first year of our Professional Faculty Learning Cohort, composed of 4 Carleton faculty members
- facilitating numerous class visits and field trips through collaborations with Indigenous community partners.
2024 – 2025 Achievements
- 3 Summer 2024 Student Research Collaborations
- 3 Summer 2024 Faculty Course Redesign Collaborations
- An Indigenous Peoples’ Day Celebration featuring the Warrior Women exhibition and film screening (Click here to view the Warrior Women Project’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day Instagram Stories Takeover)
- A Winter Break 2024 LTC Workshop
- The development of an Ethics of Indigenous Engagement course taught Winter 2025
- Numerous class visits by Indigenous speakers
Pre-Initiative Milestones
- Carleton hired Marcy Averill as our inaugural Indigenous Communities Liaison in September 2022.
- An Indigenous student organization was rechartered in 2021.
- Carleton hosted its first presidential delegation from a Native Nation with a visit by the Prairie Island Tribal Council president and other members in October 2021
- Carleton College issued a land acknowledgement in 2020.
- Academic Civic Engagement (ACE) courses and projects have deepened partnerships between Indigenous organizations and tribal partners, faculty, staff, and students.
- Convocations, workshops, museum exhibitions, and other recent campus-wide events have helped tell the diverse stories of Indigenous peoples..
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Congratulations are in order for the Class of 2026! đź‘Ź đź‘Ź
It was an honor to gather on June 10th to celebrate our graduating IPA (@indigenouspeoplescarleton) seniors alongside their loved ones. We thank their families for trusting us with their students and for sharing such bright and talented individuals with our community. We look forward to seeing what our graduates go on to accomplish next!
A big thank you to all our student research fellows who participated in our Student Research Showcase on May 21! ✨
We were thrilled to host such an incredible group which featured current Carleton students and Carleton young alums. It was inspiring to listen as our fellows shared their research journeys, highlighted their mentors, and engaged in thoughtful discussions during the Q&A session. A huge thank you to everyone who joined us for this special presentation and contributed to such a lively event, and a big shout out to all our Student Research Fellows!
To learn more about our Student Research Fellowship, we invite you to visit the links in our bio.
On May 19th, we proudly held our first Faculty Cohort Showcase! 🎊
This event marked the successful completion and graduation of our first Native American and Indigenous Studies Professional Learning Cohort which was composed of 4 faculty members from Carleton’s Cinema and Media Studies, Theater and Dance, Sociology and Anthropology, and Philosophy Departments. We also took this opportunity to eagerly welcome our incoming 2026-27 Learning Cohort which is made up of 8 members spanning across a variety of Carleton’s offices, programs, and departments: including, Philosophy, Cinema and Media Studies, Environmental Studies, Art and Art History, Math, the Language Center, and the Quantitative Resource Center.
To learn more about our Professional Learning Cohort, please visit the link in our bio!
Event: Exploring Carleton’s History on Dakota Land
Date: Tuesday, June 2nd
Time: 12pm - 1pm
Location: Leighton 304
Please join us for a special Storymap Presentation by History senior Lucy Watson. This coming Tuesday, June 2nd, over Common Time, Lucy will present some additional work she did for her comps project, Mapping Carleton College’s Acquisition of Dakota Land. Please bring your phone or a laptop so you can explore the map Lucy made!
Food will be provided.
