Arboretum Maps
Arboretum, Cowling. Arboretum Location & Maps – Carleton College. https://www.carleton.edu/arboretum/location/.
This source contains links to two PDFs of the 2016 Arboretum Map and the 2012 Arboretum Map. While Carleton owns and created the material, it is on the Carleton website and not under a sign-in wall in the ways Stalkernet and the Hub are, making it viewable by the general public. There does not appear to be any sensitive information as this is a brochure that is open to the general public. Therefore, the maps were used as reference points in this project to add information on trail location, trail material, topography, location of wildlife, and more.
ArcGIS layers
ArcGIS. https://www.arcgis.com/index.html.
ArcGIS allows users to see different features overlayed onto our base map. We utilized a topographic map layer. This topographic layer is available within Carleton’s GIS layer system. It is a Carleton-specific layer and should not be shared with the general public unless permission is given.
Carleton Arb Archives
Carleton College. https://contentdm.carleton.edu/digital/collection/Arb.
We used some photos from Carleton’s archives. We made sure to share only the photos from the archives that are already available to the public. Most of the photos in the archive that are related to the Arboretum are allowed to be used for educational purposes, so there were no privacy concerns.
Photos of the Arb
Sourced from group members (Alex Tananbaum, Alice Cutter, Bennet Tefu, Emerson Lange, Hannah Moran, Sam Chackerian). The cover photo was taken by Robbie Young and used with permission. Permission was taken from the people who are featured in some of the photos.
“Hammocking“ Spots, Fishing Spots
Sourced from observations of group members (Alex Tananbaum, Alice Cutter, Bennet Tefu, Emerson Lange, Hannah Moran, Sam Chackerian).
MnTOPO
MnTOPO. http://arcgis.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/mntopo/.
It allows anyone to download topographic data via a zip file of shapefiles, which can easily be uploaded to ArcGIS and displayed there. We downloaded contour data in shapefile form and imported it into ArcGIS, so no data manipulation was necessary. MnTOPO’s data is publicly available. Given that this data comes directly from the shape of the earth, there aren’t many ethical considerations or sensitive information depicted.
History of the Wahpekute
Kirkhope, Grace Brindle, Kyle Gilbert, Rahul. “History of the Wahpekute.” ArcGIS StoryMaps, 10 Aug. 2021, https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/a3cde44dec8d4c6a8ed79067bf386d12.
As the Arb is revitalized and restored to its pre-colonization state, it is also important to consider the deaths that have occurred because of that colonization and Dakota access to the Arb today. There is a trail that was used by the Wahpekute band, which was documented by Charles Umbanhowar (‘85) and faculty member Paul Jensen. We created a page on the website about this trail and some Wahpekute band history. This website was used as a resource for adding history and context. It should be noted that the page serves as an acknowledgment resource and not an in-depth history.
