Colorado Experience
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Season 6 Episode 13 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
High school dropout, artist, Olympic athlete, Senator - meet Ben Nighthorse Campbell.
The son of a tubercular mother and an alcoholic father, Ben Nighthorse Campbell persevered to become one of America’s most interesting leaders. From high school dropout to Olympic athlete… from artist to the United States Senator from Colorado… Ben has amassed a collection of identities, but none so important as the one he was ceremonially given by his father’s Northern Cheyenne tribe: Nighthorse.
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Colorado Experience is a local public television program presented by RMPBS
Colorado Experience
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Season 6 Episode 13 | 26m 40sVideo has Closed Captions
The son of a tubercular mother and an alcoholic father, Ben Nighthorse Campbell persevered to become one of America’s most interesting leaders. From high school dropout to Olympic athlete… from artist to the United States Senator from Colorado… Ben has amassed a collection of identities, but none so important as the one he was ceremonially given by his father’s Northern Cheyenne tribe: Nighthorse.
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