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Ben Nighthorse Campbell, U.S. Senator
Colorado's senior U.S. Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell was
born in Auburn, California on April 13, 1933. His mother,
Mary Vierra, was a Portuguese immigrant, and his father, Albert
Campbell, was a Northern Cheyenne Indian. Campbell is the
only American Indian presently serving in the United States
Senate, and is one of 44 Chiefs of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe.
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Bennett Herrington, Lieutenant Commander, USN: 1st Indian Astronaut
Lt. Cmdr. John B. Herrington, USN, is scheduled to fly aboard
Space Shuttle Endeavour, Mission STS-113, on Nov. 11. He will
become NASA's first declared Native American astronaut who is
a tribal member (Chickasaw) to fly into outer space. Herrington
was born Sept. 14, 1958, in Wetumka, Oklahoma. He grew up in
Colorado Springs, Colo., Riverton, Wyoming, and Plano, Texas.
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Biography
of Signew L. Riley: Third Generation Indian Scout
Staff Sgt. Sinew Riley was the ranking Apache scout
at Huachuca in the 30s and 40s From the Whiteriver Reservation....
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