Sioux Reservation

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    Sexual Abuse of Native American Women

    Ron His Horse Is Thunder, chairman of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, says that as long as th ...

    By Laura Sullivan, Amy Walters, and Maria Godoy

    One in three Native American women will be raped in her lifetime. This two-part series tells the story behind this shocking statistic — a story of both human tragedy and  systematic failure of criminal justice on and off of reservations.  This series led to the reopening of a sexual assault case, Congressional hearings, and the launching of a website to manage donations to help sexual assault victims living in the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Originally aired on NPR on July 25 and 26, 2007.