A group of students from the Santa Fe Indian School in New Mexico will compete in the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Festival in Washington, D.C., next month.

Nolan Eskeets (Navajo), April Chavez (Pueblo/Navajo) and Santana Shorty (Navajo) are among those headed to the competition. They are are part of a growing number of young poets from SFIS, which sent a student to the national Poetry Out Loud last year.

The students are the only all-Indian team in the poetry slam. An HBO film crew has been following them around as part of a documentary.

The competition takes place July 14-19 at the Lincoln Theatre.

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