About the Project
Learning from Place project aims to develop the spatial, ethical awareness and understanding of the history of the land, where Carleton sits, among the Carleton community members, and was launched by Miyuki Mihira '22 and Michael Yang '24 in winter 2022 with generous supervision by Sinda Nichols, Director of the Center for Community and Civic Engagement.
The long-term goal of our project is to tell the honest stories of how Carleton came to occupy the land it occupies today, and the stories of the Indigenous people who have hitherto called this land home.
Over the course of the winter and spring term in 2022, we principally worked on three projects: oral history interviews, field trip to physical sites, and information curating. This Omeka site houses a Story map exhibit, timeline, and oral history interview collection for future use by the community members and beyond.
Land Acknowledgement
We stand on the homelands of the Wahpekute and Mdewakanton bands of the Dakota Nation. We honor with gratitude the people who’ve stewarded the land through the generations and their ongoing contributions to this region. We acknowledge the ongoing injustices that we have committed to the Dakota Nation, and we wish to interrupt this legacy, beginning with acts of healing and honest storytelling about this place. “Why Treaties Matter” was one way of seeking honest storytelling about the places we now call Carleton, Northfield, and Minnesota.
(Header Image credit: Miyuki Mihira '22)