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Article: Perhap's Campbell will be a voice for moderation
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- News From Indian Country
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- April 15, 1995
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Mark N. Trahant
News From Indian Country
04-15-1995
Perhap's Campbell will be a voice for moderation.
I am afraid that history makes me worry about Ben Nighthorse Campbell's conversion to the Republican party. It is not just the party affiliation; I think there is room for American Indians to be on both sides of this issue.
Indeed, there have been more American Indians elected to national office on the Republican side than any other party. Before Campbell the last American Indian member of Congress was the Sioux leader Ben Reifel, R-S.Dak, who was elected in 1960.
In the 1972 election, President Nixon was delighted when Navajo Tribal Chairman Peter MacDonald was named as an Arizona delegate ...