原住民族學院為原住民族的領導、管理和政策而設立，由亞利桑那州立大學和莫里斯.K.尤道爾和斯圖爾特.L. 尤道爾基金會攜手於二零零一年成立。該學院屬自決、自治並提供發展資源給原住民族。該學院坐落於亞利桑那州立大學尤道爾公共政策研究中心。NNI的使命是協助建設有能力的原住民族政府，能做到有效地追求，並最終實現自己的政治、經濟和社會發展目標。這種努力，我們稱之為部落建設，是NNI計畫的主要焦點。

The Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy (NNI) was founded in 2001 by The University of Arizona and the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation as a self-determination, self-governance, and development resource for Native nations.  It is housed at the university’s Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy.  NNI’s mission is to assist in building capable Native nations that can effectively pursue and ultimately realize their own political, economic, and community development objectives. This effort, which we call nation building, is the central focus of NNI’s programs.