New Study Puts Focus on Violence Against Women and Men in Indian Country and Around the World

More than 4 out of 5 American Indian and Alaska Native women—and men—have experienced violence—specifically sexual violence, physical violence by intimate partners, stalking, and psychological aggression by intimate partners—in their lifetimes, according to estimates in a new report from the National Institute of Justice, an arm of the U.S. Justice Department.

More than half (56.1 percent) of AIAN women have experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes and almost all of them (96 percent) have experienced sexual violence perpetrated by someone not of their own race. Among AIAN men, 1 in 4 has experienced sexual violence in their lifetimes. Again, almost all (89 percent) have experienced sexual violence committed by a person not of their race.

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