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Heidi Heitkamp: I don't think we should be proud to live in a country where 34 percent of Native American women will be raped in their…

On the recordFebruary 11, 2014
I don't think we should be proud to live in a country where 34 percent of Native American women will be raped in their lifetime.
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Heidi Heitkamp
Democratic · North Dakota

Editor's note · Context

Heitkamp highlights the alarming rates of violence against Native American women.

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