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EX TRAFFICKERS TARGET NATIVE AMERICAN CHILDREN IN SOUTH DAKOTA
March 20, 2021
Cecily Hilleary
VOA News
WASHINGTON – Note: This report contains language or content that some may find disturbing or offensive.
“I was very young when I was introduced to a pedophile,” said Lisa, 41, a survivor of sex trafficking who asked that her real name not be used. Raised on an Indian reservation in South Dakota, she cites a family history of sexual abuse.
“My mother was sent to a boarding school where the dean raped her repeatedly,” she said.
She believes she is the product of that rape.
“Later on, my mother got