For nearly 60 years, the Institute of American Indian Arts has given Indigenous students across the nation and world the gift of learning how to preserve their cultural and artistic traditions.
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave the four-year college on Santa Fe’s south side an unexpected gift:
$5 million.
The award is part of more than
$4 billion Scott has recently given to hundreds of organizations nationwide, including several in New Mexico.
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