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Scenes From Democratic Convention at Invesco Field

August 30, 2008

By Kevin Abourezk

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Scenes from Invesco Field in Denver, where Sen. Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech Aug. 28.

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Kevin Abourezk, Rosebud Lakota, is a reporter and editor at the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star. He writes reznet's "Red Clout" political blog and teaches reporting at the Freedom Forum's American Indian Journalism Institute. Abourezk was awarded a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism in 2006.

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