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September 18, 2012 12:19 pm PDT
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Native American women twice as likely to be raped
"One in three American Indian women have been raped or have experienced an attempted rape," according to a Justice Department statistic cited in the NYT. The rate of sexual assault among indigenous American women "is more than twice the national average," and it's particular grim in "Alaskas isolated villages, where there are no roads in [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/8Nbe-RiHoLc/native-american-women-twice-as.html
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