BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Eighty-nine students from 19 tribal nations are eligible to graduate from United Tribes Technical College in North Dakota.

The Bismarck school run by North Dakota tribes is holding its spring commencement on Friday in its outdoor powwow arena.

The guest speaker is A. Gay Kingman, executive director of the Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association. Kingman is a member of the Cheyenne River Tribe in South Dakota.