Albert Bender
LATEST ARTICLES BY Albert Bender
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Opinion
Another Native woman killed: Angela McConnell murdered in Northern California
November 15, 2018This case hits right at home as Angela was our niece, related to my wife, Melanie. She was an enrolled member of the Hoopa Valley Tribe of Northern California and was of Mohave, Yurok, and Karuk...
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Opinion
Where are the children? Hundreds of border children still separated from families
September 21, 2018“We must not consider this matter settled until every last child is returned to their families.”
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Environment
Standing Rock: Tribes await court ruling due August 10
August 8, 2018Despite an abundance of legal setbacks from Judge Boasberg, the tribes are still hopeful that he will suspend DAPL operations.
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U.S.
Nashville Indigenous community commemorates Dragging Canoe Day; honors Cherokee leader
April 11, 2018“To see the future, one needs only to look at the past.”
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Environment
Oil keeps flowing as Corps misses deadline for DAPL environmental study
April 4, 2018Foot-dragging Judge Boasberg lets the oil keep flowing through DAPL, even as the Army Corps of Engineers fails to submit an ordered environmental assessment.
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Opinion
Really? Not enough people in U.S. prisons?
March 22, 2018In the attorney general’s mind what the U.S. needs is more and more mass incarceration.
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Culture
“Hostiles”: A thought-provoking film that should be seen
March 6, 2018A film that definitely should be seen. It puts squarely on the table of national discussion the contemporary plight of Indigenous people.
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News
Nashville Indigenous community protests Trump’s Farm Bureau convention address
January 16, 2018A press release from the American Indian Coalition, said, “This is Indian land—the land of the Cherokee, the Muscogee Creek, the Choctaw, and others... Trump and his supporters do not belong.”
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