Tribal Communities
Photos Chris Devers, chairman of the Pauma Band of Mission Indians, offers a traditional blessing at the dedication ceremony for Tukwut Court on March 1, 2007.
President Karen Haynes and CSUSM Tribal Liaison Bonny Biggs are wrapped in the blankets of the native communities.
An archived image of Lusenio elder Henry "Uncle Henry" Rodriguez (second from left).
CSUSM became the first CSU to establish a formal memorandum of understanding with one of its neighboring Native American tribes on January 24, 2007. Members of the Kumeyay Tribe stand behind Tribal Chairman Johnny Hernandez and President Karen Haynes after the signing of the MOU.