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In 2009, Barack Obama became the first president to recognize April as sexual assault awareness month. Since then, numerous initiatives have sought to combat the problem. But one group remains particularly vulnerable. According to the Department of Justice, Native women are 2.5 times more likely to experience sexual assault. ....
"Us Native Americans are pushed away and our voices are not seriously taken. We are not acknowledged," Anita King, mother of Pepita Redhair, said. ....
"I felt like my voice wasn't important, my daughter wasn't important because she was Native American," Anita King said from her home in Crownpoint, New Mexico. ....