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sz8 Ben Nighthorse Campbell (Cheyenne, b. 1933) Sterling and turquoise ring<br><br>Ben Nighthorse Campbell was born to a poor family in Auburn, California in 1933.<br>He grew up to be a Northern Cheyenne chief, Korean War veteran, judo wrestler,<br>U.S. Olympian, jewelry designer and the first Native American serving in the<br>U.S. Senate.<br><br>Campbell dropped out of high school and joined the air force, serving in the<br>Korean War. While serving in the military he received his GED high school<br>diploma. He studied the martial arts and became a judo wrestler. He captained<br>the judo team in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. After returning to the States he<br>graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in physical education<br>and fine arts. He also attended Meiji University in Tokyo and received more than<br>200 awards for his jewelry designs.<br><br>Campbell began his political career in 1982 becoming a state legislator in the<br>state of Colorado. In 1987 he moved to the U.S. House of Representatives and<br>then in 1992 became a senator from Colorado. He was reelected in 1998.<br><br>Senator Campbell serves as a member of the Appropriations Committee, Energy and<br>Natural Resources Committee, Veteran’s Affairs Committee and the Indian Affairs<br>Committee. He also chairs the Helsinki Commission. He was the first Native<br>American ever to chair the Indian Affairs Committee. He has worked to pass<br>legislation settling Native American water rights and protecting Colorado’s<br>wilderness areas. He has also worked to prevent fetal alcohol syndrome, a<br>disease that affects the babies of mother’s who drink alcohol during pregnancy.<br><br>He sponsored legislation creating the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic<br>Site, The Black Canyon of Gunnison National Park and the Colorado Ute Settlement<br>Act Amendments of 2000.<br><br>Married for 35 years, the father of two, and the grandfather of three, Campbell<br>continues to enjoy jewelry design and activities such as motorcycle riding.<br><br>All precious metals are tested and guaranteed, any Native American jewelry<br>referred to as Silver or Sterling is guaranteed to be a minimum of 90% (coin)<br>silver and possibly higher content. Anything marked is guaranteed to be what<br>it's marked, most bracelets are photographed on a 6" wrist (non hairy), rings<br>photographed on the appropriate sized finger when possible. With bracelets if<br>the measurement is not given in the description then inside circumference is<br>shown where the metal meets the number on the the cloth tape measure.
