{"id":369759,"date":"2026-01-07T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=369759"},"modified":"2026-01-07T13:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T19:25:53","slug":"native-america-calling-remembering-ben-nighthorse-campbell-and-harvey-pratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/01\/07\/native-america-calling-remembering-ben-nighthorse-campbell-and-harvey-pratt\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: Remembering Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Harvey Pratt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Wednesday, January 7, 2026<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Remembering Ben Nighthorse Campbell and Harvey Pratt\r\n<\/div>\r\nThe late <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Nighthorse_Campbell\">Ben Nighthorse Campbell<\/a> (Northern Cheyenne) is remembered as an effective congressional leader who passionately advocated for Native American issues. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nCampbell, who passed away on  December 30, 2025, at the age of 92, served in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Among other things, he was instrumental in the political advocacy for establishing the <a href=\"https:\/\/americanindian.si.edu\/\">National Museum of the American Indian<\/a> (NMAI).\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" data-attachment-id=\"369808\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/01\/07\/native-america-calling-remembering-ben-nighthorse-campbell-and-harvey-pratt\/bennighthorsecampbell\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/07\/BenNighthorseCampbell.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Ben Nighthorse Campbell\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Ben Nighthorse Campbell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The late Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933-2025), then serving in the U.S. Senate, participates in the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2004. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/07\/BenNighthorseCampbell.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/07\/BenNighthorseCampbell.jpg\" alt=\"Ben Nighthorse Campbell\" class=\"size-full wp-image-369808\" \/> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The late Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933-2025), then serving in the U.S. Senate, participates in the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C., on September 21, 2004. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe late <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Harvey_Pratt\">Harvey Pratt<\/a> (Cheyenne and Arapaho), who passed away in December 2025 at the age of 84, was a national voice in support of Native American arts. A large part of his career was as a police sketch artist. He also headed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/IACB\">Indian Arts and Crafts Board<\/a> for a decade. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nA former U.S. Marine, Pratt was an advocate for military veterans. His design for a Native American Veterans Memorial was chosen and built on the NMAI campus in 2022.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"369815\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2026\/01\/07\/native-america-calling-remembering-ben-nighthorse-campbell-and-harvey-pratt\/harveypratt\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/07\/HarveyPratt.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-title=\"Harvey Pratt\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Harvey Pratt&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The late Harvey Pratt (1941-2025) was an artist, designer and advocate for Native veterans. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Harvey_Pratt_(5).jpg&gt;RedFeatherFriend&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/07\/HarveyPratt.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/07\/HarveyPratt.jpg\" alt=\"Harvey Pratt\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-369815\" \/> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The late Harvey Pratt (1941-2025) was an artist, designer and advocate for Native veterans. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Harvey_Pratt_(5).jpg>RedFeatherFriend<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/suzan-shown-harjo-53385510\/\">Suzan Shown Harjo<\/a> (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee), president of the Morning Star Institute and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/w-richard-rick-west-jr-5a80a613\/\">Rick West<\/a> (Cheyenne and Arapaho), founding director and director emeritus of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nShanan Campbell (Northern Cheyenne), founder and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/sorrelsky.com\/\">Sorrel Sky Galleries<\/a> and daughter of Ben Nighthorse Campbell\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/gina-pratt-ba96595\/\">Gina Pratt<\/a> (Muscogee and Yuchi), wife of Harvey Pratt\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nNathan Pratt (Cheyenne and Arapaho), artist and son of Harvey Pratt\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dcordry\/\">Dee Cordry<\/a>, former Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and author of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/49maVwB\">Children of White Thunder: Legacy of a Cheyenne Family 1830-2020<\/a>\u201d\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>\r\n<img src=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/07\/BenNighthorseCampbellHarveyPratt.jpg width=0 height=0 class=invisible>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Friends and family pay tribute to the late Ben Nighthorse Campbell and the late Harvey Pratt, two giants from the artistic and political worlds.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":369941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,18,1,14],"tags":[567,111,1096,170,7016,7014,885,1624,243,7012,7015,133,672,268,236,127,134,1481,7013,58,57],"class_list":["post-369759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-education","category-national","category-politics","tag-ben-nighthorse-campbell","tag-books","tag-cheyenne-arapaho","tag-congress","tag-dee-cordry","tag-gina-pratt","tag-harvey-pratt","tag-iacb","tag-media","tag-musums","tag-nathan-pratt","tag-native-america-calling","tag-nmai","tag-northern-cheyenne","tag-obituaries","tag-oklahoma","tag-radio","tag-rick-west","tag-shanan-campbell","tag-suzan-harjo","tag-veterans","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-1ybR","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/07\/BenNighthorseCampbellHarveyPratt.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369759"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":369969,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369759\/revisions\/369969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}