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Paul Cook: Four out of five Native women are affected by violence, with the U.S. Department of Justice finding that American Indian…

On the recordSeptember 10, 2019
Four out of five Native women are affected by violence, with the U.S. Department of Justice finding that American Indian women face murder rates that are more than 10 times the national average.
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Paul Cook
California

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Paul Cook highlights the alarming violence rates against Native women.

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