American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women are 2.5 times more likely to be raped or be victims of sexual assault compared to the rest of the country. This public health emergency encompasses verbal, domestic, physical, and sexual violence that has lifelong effects on women and their extended community. A report released by the Urban Indian Health Institute (UIHI), a division of Seattle Indian Health Board, titled Our Bodies, Our Stories: Sexual Violence Among Native Women in Seattle, WA, details results from a survey of 148 predominantly homeless or low-income urban AI/AN women In Seattle, WA and revealed much higher rates of sexual violence than was previously known.
