Albert Bender
LATEST ARTICLES BY Albert Bender
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Apache Stronghold caravan seeks to save sacred site from mining giant
July 10, 2015They 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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An American Indian should replace Jackson on the $20 bill
June 12, 2015It would be fitting justice that Jackson should be replaced with a representative of the people he tried to exterminate.
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Push for solar energy on public land destroys sacred Mohave site
June 4, 2015The Genesis solar plant, costing $1.2 billion, has been hailed as a success, but at what cost?
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Suicide sweeping Indian Country is genocide
May 18, 2015There must be an end to this poverty and racist-spawned crisis.
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South Dakota American Indians win in landmark child welfare case
April 14, 2015Many 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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S. Dakota authorities pull a fast one on hockey game attack
March 2, 2015On 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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Buffalo Tiger, Miccosukee Indian rights warrior passes on
February 12, 2015As a Native leader, his advocacy contributed to hallmarks not just for his own tribe but for others throughout the wide expanse of Indian Country.
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Native children assaulted by a group of South Dakota hockey fans
February 4, 2015"The actions of the men in the VIP suite was despicable, humiliating and devastating to these children's well-being and safety."
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