AT&T Center for Indigenous Politics and Policy

agers to identify barriers facing their communities and build upon nations’ own political capacities to overcome these challenges;

Engages Indigenous youth and assist tribal leaders in concert with national advocacy organizations and partner universities in developing the tools with which to analyze issues and policy from a political perspective; and

Promotes public awareness of issues of importance to Indigenous communities. The Center’s sustainable model creates and disseminates knowledge through research, scholarship, and service that focuses on the larger issues Indigenous peoples face. The Center also plays an important role in the larger University context as a catalyst for recruiting and retaining Native undergraduate and graduate students to GW and will provide essential ongoing support services to these Native students and their unique and culturally rich backgrounds.