2012 Retrospective: January

ICTMN Staff
December 19, 2012
Take a look back at January 2012's biggest stories from the pages of our weekly magazine, This Week From Indian Country Today ...

Ottawa Female Teenagers Act as Pimps, Forcing Underage Girls Into Prostitution

ICTMN Staff
June 12, 2012
Three Canadian teenage girls face human trafficking charges for forcing their underage peers, ages 13 to 17, into prostitution, the Ottawa Citizen reported...

That Beautiful Oglala Lakota Girl in the LIVE GIRLS! Booth

Mary Annette Pember
May 17, 2012
The girl in cobalt blue was completely unexpected—seeing her was like finding a Picasso at a swap meet...

Native Girls Are Being Exploited and Destroyed at an Alarming Rate

Mary Annette Pember
May 16, 2012
?Mary G. was born from the boats. Her children were born from the boats too, all fathered through her liaisons with male customers. She has never known anything else...

Minnesota Report Examines Sex Trafficking of Native Women

Valerie Taliman
January 17, 2012
A new report, " Garden of Truth: The Prostitution and Trafficking of Native Women in Minnesota ," offers personal insights into the growing problem of sex trafficking of Native wom...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski Calls Attention to Sex Trafficking of Alaska Native Women

ICTMN Staff
July 21, 2011
The Obama administration will discuss legislation today geared at combating violence against American Indian and Alaska Native women...

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