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  Ben Nighthorse Campbell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Campbell later studied Japanese culture at Meiji University in Tokyo as a special research student from 1960 to 1964.
Campbell was the captain of the U.S. judo team in the 1964 Summer Olympics, competing in the open weightclass.
Campbell was chosen to carry the American flag during the closing ceremonies, after swimmer Don Schollander was unable to attend.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ben_Nighthorse_Campbell   (608 words)

  
 Dedicated People-Ben Nighthorse Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Campbell is the only American Indian presently serving in either the House of Representatives or the United States Senate.
Campbell is a self-employed jewelry designer, rancher, and was a trainer of champion quarter horses.
Campbell is married to the former Linda Price, and is the father of two grown children: Colin and Shanan.
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 U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Ben was named to the U.S. Olympic Judo team in 1964, but an injury caused him to collapse on the floor during the match, which yielded his opponent the bronze medal by default.
Ben went on to bring the sport of judo into a specialized system for kids, teaching them self discipline, self control and self respect, as he established one of the first successful clubs for kids.
Campbell entered the spotlight on behalf of the American Indian once again as he rode at the head of the Tournament of Roses parade in 1992, the quincentennial anniversary year of Columbus's arrival in the Americas, with Cristobal Colon, a direct descendent of Christopher Columbus.
www.powersource.com /campbell/bighorn.html   (983 words)

  
 Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell is being recognized for his distinguished career as an artist, educator, and legislator.
Senator Campbell was born in Auburn, California on April 13, 1933.
Campbell is the only American Indian presently serving in the United States Senate, and is one of 44 Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.
www.doi.gov /news/campbell.htm   (301 words)

  
 Ben Nighthorse Campbell’s “Reflections on the Quincentenary 1492-1992” - History
On November 3, 1992, Ben Nighthorse Campbell was elected to the United States Senate as a democrat from Colorado.
In early 1992 Campbell wrote an essay titled “Reflections on the Quincentenary” for a symposium, marking the quincentenary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in this hemisphere.
Campbell also cites some Supreme Court rulings that have been favorable to tribes in increasing their sovereignty.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art16407.asp   (446 words)

  
 Ben Nighthorse Campbell Biography / Biography of Ben Nighthorse Campbell Biography Biography
As a result of his election on November 3, 1992, Ben Nighthorse Campbell (born 1933) of Colorado became the first Native American to serve in the U.S. Senate in more than 60 years.
A member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Campbell was also a renowned athlete and captained the U.S. judo team for the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo.
Ben Nighthorse Campbell was born in Auburn, California, on April 13, 1933, to Mary Vierra, a Portuguese immigrant, and Albert Campbell, a Northern Cheyenne Indian.
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 Ben Nighthorse Campbell
He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado in 1987 and served in the U.S. Senate from 1992–2004.
Campbell was a leader in policy dealing with natural resources and public lands and initiated legislation to found the National Museum of the American Indian within the Smithsonian Institution.
A three-time U.S. judo champion, Campbell was captain of the U.S. Olympic judo team in 1964.
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0884947.html   (150 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Ben Nighthorse Campbell: An American Warrior   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Campbell overcame a childhood ravaged by the illnesses of a tubercular mother and an alcoholic father to become a Colorado Democratic state legislator, a representative in congress and, in 1992, a U.S. Senator.
Viola (Diplomats in Buckskin) wrote this biography at Campbell's request, and his overly sympathetic attitude towards his subject is a serious detraction from a book that is further marred by poor organization and stilted prose that ill serve the subject's interesting life.
Viola's examination of the life of Colorado senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the only Native American now serving in Congress, is a biography of a politician, but it is not primarily a political biography.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/1555663222   (401 words)

  
 The National Museum of Ben Nighthorse Campbell - The Smithsonian's new travesty. By Timothy Noah
Among the inaugural exhibitions is "The Jewelry of Ben Nighthorse." If the name sounds familiar, that's because the artist is a Republican senator from Colorado, where they call him Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
In 1989, Campbell, who was then a House member (and a Democrat), sponsored the legislation that created the National Museum of the American Indian; he later helped provide necessary federal funds as a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.
There is a 2004 portrait of Campbell in Cheyenne tribal dress and a glass case full of ribbons and trophies that Campbell has won for his jewelry.
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 U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Colorado's U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell was born in Auburn, California, April 13, 1933.
Other committees Campbell serves on are the Indian Affairs and Veterans Affairs committees.
Served 1987-92 in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Colorado's Third District.
www.powersource.com /campbell   (451 words)

  
 ICT [2004/11/05]  Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
If you go back in the transcripts, and how Ben got elected, his big campaign promise in those days was that he would do away with the reservations.
Campbell: I was honored to be able to do it.
Throughout a lengthy interview, Senator Campbell repeatedly praised his staff on the Indian affairs committee, as he did on the Senate floor prior to the Sept. 21 opening of the National Museum of the American Indian.
www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096409811   (1717 words)

  
 Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Colorado’s senior U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell was the first American Indian to chair the Indian Affairs Committee.
Campbell, a Republican, is a member of three other key Senate committees: Appropriations Committee; Energy and Natural Resources Committee; and Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
In addition Senator Campbell chairs the prestigious Helsinki Commission.
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 Bikers Rights Online! Ben Nighthorse Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
DENVER, Sept 23 (Reuter) - Rebpublican Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell was being treated in the hospital Monday for multiple fractures to his right arm sustained when he fell off his motorcyle, his spokesman said.
Campbell, who switched parties after being elected as a Democrat, was injured near Cortez, Colorado in the southwestern corner of the state when he was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle while viewing the changing colors of the Aspen trees Saturday, spokesman James Doyle said.
Physicians have not been able to set the arm and it is not yet known when Campbell will be released.
www.bikersrights.com /press/campbell.html   (270 words)

  
 Campbell, Ben Nighthorse -
Campbell is part Portuguese, Northern Cheyenne (and has been inducted into their council of chiefs) and possibly also Apache and Pueblo, a rancher and horse trainer, jewellery designer, judo champion and politician.
She placed the children (Ben and his older sister) in an orphanage in Sacramento in 1939.
Viola, Herman J. Ben Nighthorse Campbell, an American Warrior.
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 Enjoy The Drive -- Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a Republican from Colorado, is in his second term in the Senate, but has been around Capitol Hill much longer, since he served for three terms in the House of Representatives.
Senator Campbell is a member of five committees: the Appropriations Committee, where he chairs the Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government; the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, where he serves as vice chairman of the Subcommittee on National Parks; the Veterans’ Affairs Committee; and the Indian Affairs Committee, where he serves as its chairman.
Campbell is one of our industry’s best friends on Capitol Hill.
www.enjoythedrive.com /content?id=8824   (147 words)

  
 U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In the spring of 1992 Ben Nighthorse Campbell
For many people around the world, this will be a year to celebrate the accomplishments of a man who was a product of an emerging industrial society, and his discovery of what was to him an unknown hemisphere.
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Republican of Colorado, is a member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe and Council of 44 Chiefs.
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 TheDenverChannel.com - News - INS Delays Deporting Honor Student   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Campbell said it was unlikely that the Apodaca legislation, called a private relief bill, will pass before the Senate adjourns in mid-October.
Campbell said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., chairman of the Immigration Subcommittee, also asked the INS to delay any moves.
Campbell said he was moved by Apodaca's story because he himself is the grandson of an illegal immigrant from Portugal.
www.thedenverchannel.com /news/1690263/detail.html   (587 words)

  
 Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Interview: Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell discusses what motivates a senator to decide he belongs to another party (All Things Considered (NPR))
Interview: Ben Nighthorse Campbell discusses his career as a senator from Colorado and his upcoming retirement (NPR Special)
Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell; A retrospective interview and a look ahead; PART THREE (Indian Country Today (Lakota Times))
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0884947.html   (285 words)

  
 Biography for Ben Nighthorse Campbell at Holland & Knight
Biography for Ben Nighthorse Campbell at Holland and Knight
Ben Nighthorse Campbell joined the Washington, DC office of Holland & Knight after serving in the United States Senate from 1993-2005 and in the U.S. House from 1987-1993.  Senator Campbell is one of 44 Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.
The Lawyers resident in all offices, unless otherwise indicated in an individual attorney biography, are not certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
www.hklaw.com /Biographies/Bio.asp?ID=37746   (83 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Books: Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Cheyenne Chief and U.S. Senator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Ben Nighthorse Campbell: Cheyenne Chief and U.S. Senator
An effective rags-to-riches biography of a chief's descendant who became a Democratic senator from Colorado after distinguishing himself as a judo teacher, deputy sheriff, and artisan.
Treating his subject sympathetically and respectfully, Henry shows how Nighthorse Campbell adapted to the mainstream while maintaining at least some elements of his tribal heritage.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0791020479   (173 words)

  
 National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund - Honoring Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
At the end of January, U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell — outspoken supporter of public safety officers and author of the legislation to build the National Law Enforcement Museum — will retire after a distinguished career in public service.
Prior to serving more than a decade in the U.S. Senate, Sen. Campbell served in the U.S. Air Force, as a Deputy Sheriff, and in the Colorado legislature.
Please share our gratitude to Sen. Campbell by leaving your message in honor of his service and support of the NLEOMF.
www.nleomf.com /Campbell   (716 words)

  
 Umatilla on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
WASHINGTON, DC -- John Barkley, General Council Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Pendleton, Oregon, listens as Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
A long billed curlew visits the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge along the Columbia River near Irrigon, Oregon, in March 2002.
Nickel, a wild rhesus macaque monkey, was captured last month, now lives in a chain-link cage at Amazing Exotics in Umatilla.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/U/Umatilla.asp   (471 words)

  
 Ben Nighthorse Campbell For President - Signatures
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The Ben Nighthorse Campbell For President Petition to Ben Nighthorse Campbell was created by Members of the Sacred Circle and written by Rodney Denison (thre@shentel.net).
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 Find in a Library: Ben Nighthorse Campbell, an American warrior
Find in a Library: Ben Nighthorse Campbell, an American warrior
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 The Sand Creek Massacre on the Santa Fe Trail National Scenic and Historic Byway Mountain Branch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
During a 1997 town hall meeting in Lamar, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell learned that William Dawson was interested in selling the land where the official monument to Sand Creek stood.
Campbell, a member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, didn't want to see land that's considered sacred either developed or desecrated, so he introduced a bill calling for the National Park Service to verify the massacre site and recommend ways to preserve and manage it.
In October 1998, President Bill Clinton stood beside tribal representatives in the Rose Garden and signed it into law.
www.santafetrailscenicandhistoricbyway.org /scmasacre.html   (3828 words)

  
 The Senator Prank: Joke Letters Sent To The U.S. Government
You try to filibuster this guy, he'll filibust you up.
Senator Campbell's joke demonstrates the economy of words you'd expect from someone who's on his way out the door to a HOG convention.
Plus, I mean, you've got to admire a Senator who sports a ponytail.
www.zug.com /pranks/senator/senator_campbell.html   (108 words)

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