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ITEPP Native American Center | Cal Poly Humboldt

Indian Tribal & Educational Personnel Program Image The ITEPP Native American Center has grown over five decades to support Native American Indian students in a wide array of academic disciplines within the four colleges: Arts, Humanities & Social Science, Natural Resources & Sciences, Professional Studies, and Extended Education and Global Engagement.Established in 1969, the Indian Tribal & Educational Personnel Program (ITEPP) provides culturally responsive academic advising, co-curricular programming, educational planning, and academic support focused on Indigenous methods of learning and community accountability. In addition to these services, ITEPP recognizes and honors the unique political status of Native American communities. As sovereign nations with federally recognized governments, Native tribes maintain inherent rights and a government-to-government relationship with the United States. This political foundation not only reinforces tribal self-governance but also informs ITE