Key Facts, Public Documents, and Right to Know
Key Facts
IAIA is Unique in All the World—There is no other college like it. Here are some of the key facts about this special place.
- IAIA is the only institution of higher learning in the world dedicated to contemporary Native American art. Read the Enabling Legislation Public Law 99-498 Title XV
- We are the only national center of research, training, and scholarship for Native Americans devoted solely to American Indian and Alaska Native arts and culture, recognized by Congress as “our only Native art form and cultural heritage.” Read the Enabling Legislation Public Law 99-498 Title XV
- IAIA is one of only three Congressionally-chartered schools in the country. Read the Enabling Legislation Public Law 99-498 Title XV
- IAIA is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission (HLC).
- Although the great majority of our students, faculty, and staff are Native American, one does not have to be Native American to attend IAIA or events at IAIA.
Accreditation
Public Documents
Documents about the Institute and its organization.
Institutional Data
The Office of Institutional Research collects and analyzes information about IAIA that supports the data-driven decisions of our administrative and academic units, the IAIA community, and external agencies. Aggregated data are available for public use on the Office of Institutional Research web page.
Right to Know Information
This page contains links to information required by the Student Right to Know and Campus Security Act of 1990.

Anita M. Gavin
Interim Director
Institutional Research
P (505) 424-5701
E anita.gavin@iaia.edu