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Duluth area leaders ready to fight crisis of missing and murdered indigenous women

DULUTH – Jessica Smith's story is woven into the fabric of centuries of trauma faced by Indigenous women. She stood before a theater of people Monday and told of the trafficking and abuse she faced - and how she found a way out.

"I have overcome all the things that were made to destroy me," said the University of Wisconsin-Superior student. "It's up to us to be each other's strength."

http://www.startribune.com/duluth-area-leaders-ready-to-fight-crisis-of-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women/566763512/

 

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