In a survey released by Urban Indian Health Institute, the research division of Seattle Indian Health Board, 94 percent of 148 Native American and Alaska Native women had been raped or coerced into sex. Read the Seattle Times article.

Last week, the Urban Indian Health Institute published a report that showed the pervasiveness of sexual violence among Seattle’s Native American women. The results revealed that 94 percent of the 148 self-identified American Indian or Alaska Native women surveyed in 2010 had been raped or coerced into sex, and only 20 percent of them reported the attacks … Continue reading High Rates of Sexual Violence Among Seattle Native Women Shows Need for Greater Resources