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kdmorris

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2. I watched a show on Current called "Rape on the Reservation"

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Thu Mar 7, 2013, 08:19 AM

Mar 2013

It was eye-opening and horrific. They were talking to Lakotas on a reservation in South Dakota and the statistics were staggering. I think I remember that 70% of the women (don't quote me on that) on that reservation will be raped in their lifetime and almost none of them are reported. Most of the rapes were committed by Native American men.

I cried through most of the show.

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Sexual violence scars Native American women [View all] Starry Messenger Mar 2013 OP

k and r niyad Mar 2013 #1

I watched a show on Current called "Rape on the Reservation" kdmorris Mar 2013 #2

This article reports that the DOJ has statistics that 86% of the rapes are committed by non-native Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #3

I wonder if that differs by reservation.. probably not kdmorris Mar 2013 #4

Yeah, that seemed like an exceptionally low thing to do, even for House Reps. Starry Messenger Mar 2013 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author The Advocate2013 Apr 2013 #6

Wow! Sounds both interesting and worthwhile. Rhiannon12866 Apr 2013 #7

About the hate crime aspect ... Lunacee_2013 Apr 2013 #8