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From Ancient Stones to Modern Voices: Preserving the Grand Meadow Chert Quarry’s History
23 February 2026When junior Elie Lewin embarked on a summer Student Research Fellowship under Carleton’s Indigenous Engagement in Place initiative, she found her academic studies transformed through mentorship and on-site research experiences.…
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Rooted in Tradition: Exploring Indigenous Ethnobotany in the Arb
23 February 2026Io Harris, a senior biology major at Carleton College, has a special interest in Indigenous ethnobotany, which connects her lifelong passion for flora with her Lumbee heritage. Driven by a…
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How Carleton’s Spanish Department has benefited from the Indigenous Engagement in Place initiative Outside link
13 November 2025Fernando Contreras Flamand, lecturer in Spanish; Vera Coleman, senior lecturer and Spanish language program director; Beatriz Pariente-Beltrán, senior lecturer in Spanish; and Claudia Lange, lecturer in Spanish, collaboratively designed an innovative didactic unit for…
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Danielle Boyer to deliver Carleton convocation on robotics and Indigenous language reclamation Outside link
5 November 2025Danielle Boyer is an Anishinaabe (enrolled Sault Tribe) educator, robotics inventor, activist, and visionary. She will deliver Carleton’s final convocation of fall term on Friday, November 7, from 10:50 to…
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This workshop provided an overview of the 3-year Mellon-Funded Indigenous Engagement in Place Initiative, showcased exciting curricular collaborations that three faculty had been doing with Indigenous partners in the first…
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Social documentarian Matika Wilbur to deliver the Carleton convocation on dismantling Native American stereotypes Outside link
7 November 2024Matika Wilbur, critically acclaimed social documentarian belonging to the Swinomish and Tulalip peoples of coastal Washington, will deliver the final Carleton convocation address of the Fall 2024 term on Friday,…
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Back to the Land Outside link
1 November 2024Carleton welcomed its second Indigenous faculty member at the start of fall term. A member of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (one of two federally recognized tribes of Ho-Chunk), Roger Faust ’19 joins Environmental Studies as part of a broader effort to deepen and extend institutional Indigenous engagement…
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Warrior Women: Honoring the Women of Wounded Knee Outside link
10 October 2024Designed by the Warrior Women Project to commemorate the occupation’s 50th anniversary, this exhibit draws upon two decades of oral history interviews and a range of archival material, casting new light on…
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Carleton receives $1.5M grant to fund Indigenous Engagement in Place initiative Outside link
24 January 2024A $1.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation will fund Carleton’s new Indigenous Engagement in Place initiative, a three-year project that will expand curricular and scholarly collaborations with Indigenous partners to enliven learning, teaching and public scholarship in the humanities and across the liberal arts…
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“Making Relatives: Plants, Trees, and Waters”
17 May 2023Ida Downwind returned to campus April 24-28, 2023, following her attendance of the Minnesota Indian Education Association conference. At the conference, she shared her work at Carleton with teachers, students, staff, faculty, and state education leadership.
