CSUSM collaborates with internal and external tribal communities to achieve mutual goals. 

Brief History of CSUSM and Tribal Communities

"Uncle Henry" Rodriquez Biography

Iipay Nation of Santa Ysabel Partnership

Cal State San Marcos and the Santa Ysabel Indian tribe formed a partnership in 2007 in an effort to increase the number of young American Indians attending college.

[Top] Tribal Chairman Johnny Hernandez and CSUSM President Karen Haynes sign a Memorandum of Understanding at a January 24 gathering on the Santa Ysabel Reservation. During the event, Ron Christman and his grandson, Forest Hill, performed a bird song as a blessing and President Haynes and CSUSM tribal liaison Bonnie Biggs was each presented with a blanket as a gift.

[Middle] Pictured from top left to right: Tribal Council members Bonnie Salgado, Rodney Kephart, Treasurer Marion Linton, Vice Chairwoman Brandie Taylor and Secretary Tony Balcone; Front left to right, Hernandez and Haynes.

[Bottom] Haynes, left, and Biggs wrap themselves in the blankets given to them by the Santa Ysabel Indian tribe.

Photos courtesy of Garrett Collins