And when the news team described the undertaking, IAIA topped its list: “Some of the most impactful material came from our sit-down interviews with students at the Institute of American Indian Arts, West Point Academy, Spelman College, the University of Virginia, and Wesleyan University,” the story reads.
A separate story titled “American Indian students find refuge in cultural curriculum” features interviews with IAIA’s valedictorians Jamie Figueroa and Blue Tarpalechee.
“Caps and gowns and degrees embossed with gold, commencement at IAIA looks like the thousands of graduation ceremonies across the country but with a little something extra,” says NBC News associate producer Chiara Sottile in that story. That something extra is the indigenous culture woven throughout IAIA’a curriculum, a curriculum that saved its top students.
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