Albert Bender

Albert Bender is a Cherokee activist, historian, political columnist, and freelance reporter. He is currently writing a legal treatise on Native American sovereignty and working on a book on the war crimes committed by the U.S. against the Maya people in the Guatemalan civil war He is a consulting attorney on Indigenous sovereignty, land restoration, and Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) issues.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Albert Bender

U.S.

Native student challenges California professor who denies genocide
November 4, 2015 By Albert Bender
In 1852 the California legislature paid $1.1 million to citizen militias to hunt and kill Native Americans.
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Opinion

Lakota 57 verdict means “open season” on Indians
September 21, 2015 By Albert Bender
We need to have a national meeting of Native people and supporters to robustly address this crisis post haste.
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Environment

Apache Stronghold caravan seeks to save sacred site from mining giant
July 10, 2015 By Albert Bender
They say that Oak Flat will be "damaged" by the mine. "Damaged" is an understatement. A two mile wide, 1,000 foot deep crater will result from the mining.
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Opinion

An American Indian should replace Jackson on the $20 bill
June 12, 2015 By Albert Bender
It would be fitting justice that Jackson should be replaced with a representative of the people he tried to exterminate.
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Environment

Push for solar energy on public land destroys sacred Mohave site
June 4, 2015 By Albert Bender
The Genesis solar plant, costing $1.2 billion, has been hailed as a success, but at what cost?
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Opinion

Suicide sweeping Indian Country is genocide
May 18, 2015 By Albert Bender
There must be an end to this poverty and racist-spawned crisis.
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U.S.

South Dakota American Indians win in landmark child welfare case
April 14, 2015 By Albert Bender
Many here say the federal government should, as it did in the South in the1950's, send in the federal troops. Let it be Indian troops.
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Opinion

S. Dakota authorities pull a fast one on hockey game attack
March 2, 2015 By Albert Bender
On Jan. 24, while on what was supposed to be a fun-filled field trip, 57 Lakota American Indian school children, ages 9-13, were verbally and physically assaulted.
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