1962 - IAIA established

Under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) opened on the campus of the Santa Fe Indian School on October 1, 1962 with 280 students, predominantly from Navajo tribes, and more than half in elementary school.

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