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Nov 2020
27m 41s

Missing and murdered: America’s forgotte...

Bbc World Service
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<p>Native American women are trafficked, murdered and raped at five to ten times the national rate of other American women. The figures are gruelling. Each year, hundreds of girls and women go missing. Many end up dead. A complex system of tribal, state and federal law means many of these women are often failed by law enforcement when it comes to investigati ... Show More
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