Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Cheyenne
HONORARY CHAIR
Ben Nighthorse Campbell was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Colorado in 1987 and served in the U.S. Senate from 1992–2004. He serves as one of forty-four members of the Council of Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Tribe. He initiated legislation to found the National Museum of the American Indian within the Smithsonian Institution as well as the legislation to create the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site. A three-time U.S. judo champion, Campbell was captain of the U.S. Olympic judo team in 1964. He is also a rancher, horse trainer, and jewelry designer.
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