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November 27, 2024
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A Hero in Waiting: A Personal Remembrance of Lt. Colonel Keith L. Crawford

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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On the 4th of July 2008, U.S. Congressman Earl Blumenauer requested the American flag fly over the nation’s capitol in Washington, D.C. in honor of retiring Lt. Colonel Keith L. Crawford, for 31 years of distinctive service to his country, and the State of Oregon. “Lt. Colonel Crawford was a dedicated officer, and a proud member of the Oregon Air National Guard,” Oregon’s Governor John Kitzhaber said as well. “He will be missed by many in the community, but his legacy of service-particularly at Camp Rosenbaum-will continue to inspire.”
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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
jodi@imfreedomalliance.org https://twitter.com/JodiRave

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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