Albert Bender
LATEST ARTICLES BY Albert Bender
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U.S.
UN rep meets with tribes on abduction of Native children
October 30, 2013UN Human Rights Officer Giorgia Passarelli recently met with tribal members, relatives of the children taken by the South Dakota Department of Social Services.
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Opinion
South Dakota covers up sex abuse of Native foster children
September 16, 2013Forced into sexually abusive foster care; incredible and atrocious as it may sound, that is the fate the state of South Dakota assigned to several Lakota children through its Department of Social Services.
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Opinion
Is South Dakota being “demonized” over treatment of Native Americans?
August 12, 2013South Dakota is a hotbed of virulent racism, perhaps without parallel anywhere else in the U.S.
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Environment
Keystone XL pipeline means “death” for Native Americans
July 8, 2013The KXL project, if approved, would stretch 1,179 miles to transport tar sands oil, the dirtiest in the industry, from Canada through the U.S. Northern Plains to refineries in Texas.
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Opinion
South Dakota commits shocking genocide against Native Americans
June 3, 2013Without consent or authority, South Dakota officials remove American Indian children from their families and place them in the foster care system, in violation of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.
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U.S.
Rare disease suddenly arises on Navajo Reservation
March 6, 2013A rare disorder, characterized by some authorities as genetic, has abruptly surfaced on the sprawling Navajo Reservation in the Southwest.
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World
Idle No More: Native movement sweeps Canada and U.S.
January 25, 2013Native communities from coast to coast in the U.S. have embraced this upheaval.
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Opinion
The passing of Russell Means was a loss for the world
December 11, 2012Indian rights activist Russell Means passed on after a magnificent life of struggle to better the lives of American Indians.
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