Albert Bender
Albert Bender is a Cherokee Indian. He is a freelance reporter and political columnist for News From Indian Country, and other Native and non-Native publications. He is also a historian and attorney specializing in Native American law. Currently, he is writing a history of the Maya Indian role in the Guatemelan civil war of the late 20th century.
Indigenous nations rally to save Bears Ears National Monument
Trump slashes Bears Ears National Monument by over 90%; Indigenous nations and allies mobilize to defend the sacred 1.9-million-acre landscape.
What’s at stake in the settler colonial debate
Settler colonialism under the umbrella of imperialism.
LandBack is leading to real victories
The LandBack movement of Indigenous people picks up steam across the country.
Indian treaty enforcement could benefit from Oregon occupation
For years now the Burns Paiute Nation has engaged in herculean efforts to recover their lands wrongly taken, beginning with the valiant struggle of tribal activist Sarah Winnemuca in the...