Students at the Indian Community School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, brandish drum beaters at a dedication ceremony.

Students at the school, most of whom belong to one of Wisconsin’s five main tribes, are instructed in traditional Native American values, history, and culture. A Potawatomi casino funds tuition, transportation, and meals at the school.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "A School of Their Own, " September 2004, National Geographic magazine)