Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

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The Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development was established as a corporation by Title XV of Public Law 99-498 in 1986. Also known as the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) it became one of three colleges to be chartered by the United States Congress. IAIA is the only national center of research, training, and scholarship for Native Americans devoted solely to American Indian and Alaska Native arts and culture.