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Noon Wednesday: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Kristen Welch talks about high rates of violence against Indigenous women and children.

07/01/2020

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Noon Wednesday: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

Clip: Season 1900 Episode 1901 | 19m 57s

Kristen Welch talks about high rates of violence against Indigenous women and children.

Kozee Decorah, a 22-year-old Ho-Chunk woman was found murdered in May before she could make it home to Wisconsin. Lead organizer for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women Kristen Welch joins us today to talk about the disproportionately high rates of violence against Indigenous women and the need to address it in Wisconsin.

07/01/2020

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