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

Opinion

U.S. gun culture diagnosed as a social disease
September 25, 2012 By Albert Bender
In the wake of the two mass shootings this summer, some American physicians consider this country's gun violence a social disease.
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Opinion

America’s campaign against obesity is mostly off course
August 10, 2012 By Albert Bender
The news is filled with images of grossly overweight citizens. But, is this all the fault of an overindulgent citizenry? Of course not!
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Opinion

Native American joblessness is slow genocide
July 24, 2012 By Albert Bender
Small wonder that U.S. Native peoples are beset with a blistering, hideous panoply of social and health ills hardly seen elsewhere in this world. Unemployment kills!
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Opinion

Native Americans left out of economic recovery, as always
June 11, 2012 By Albert Bender
For urban Native Americans, the jobless rate averages around 48 percent. In general, Indian Country is in a permanent depression even when the national economy is on the upswing.
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Opinion

Pipeline rejection is huge Native American victory
February 22, 2012 By Albert Bender
Make no mistake, it was Native Americans who spearheaded and bore the brunt of the campaign against the TransCanada Keystone XL Pipeline.
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