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Report: 94% of Native Seattle women have experienced sexual violence

caption: Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle
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Abigail Echo-Hawk, director of the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle
Urban Indian Health Institute


Guy Nelson talks with Abigail Echo-Hawk about a 2010 survey of Native women living in the Seattle area. It found that 94 percent had been raped or coerced into sex at some point during their lives. Echo-Hawk directs the Urban Indian Health Institute in Seattle.

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