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Ben Carnes is a Choctaw activist and writer who received the 1987 Oklahoma Human Rights Award for making a stand against forced hair-cutting policies while incarcerated. After his parole in August 1988, he has been involved in organizing events and demonstrations on behalf of Native people and Native prisoners, including Leonard Peltier. His experiences have led to being asked to testify before congressional committees, and speak at numerous universities, public forums and events.
He has served as a volunteer chaplain at the Oklahoma City bomb site and as a board member to the Greater Oklahoma City Interfaith Disaster Recovery, Inc. which provided aid to victims of the bombing. Along with being a spiritual advisor to state and federal prisoners, including acting as a consultant to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
He is currently immersed in several writing projects, including his biography that he hopes to have published before the end of 2010.

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