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Canada has an extensive problem with violence against indigenous women, by both indigenous men and non-aboriginals. "t has been consistently found that
Aboriginal women have a higher likelihood of being victimised compared to the rest of the female population." While Canadian national averages of
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Native men and women victims of rape or sexual assault. Given this brief's focus on violence against Native women, we include the updated rate of 67 percent reported by Native women victims of rape or sexual assault indicated in
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