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The graduating class of 2024 is taking one of the biggest steps in their academic careers. What’s next? We know that almost three quarters of Native students graduate high school. And college graduates reached an achievement only 1 in 5 Native people attain by age 25. We devote this show to the Native academic stars reaching a major educational milestone.
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Dr. Waylon Decoteau (enrolled Standing Rock Sioux; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians), Doctor of medicine from University of North Dakota
Megan Corn (enrolled Chickasaw Nation; Cherokee and Choctaw), University of North Dakota
Jaime Herrell (enrolled Cherokee Nation; European), recent graduate of the Institute of American Indian Arts
Jaylon Romine (enrolled Muscogee Creek, Kiowa, and Chickasaw), recent graduate of Haskell Indian Nations University
Break 1 Music: Keep Rising (song) House of Shem (artist) Keep Rising (album)
Break 2 Music: 2 Hour Parking (song) Cris Derksen (artist) The Cusp (album)