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New site lists missing and murdered Native women in Canada
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Filed Under: Canada | Technology
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A new website tracks reports of missing and murdered Native women across Canada. Missing Sisters was put together by the hacking group Anonymous. It includes a map that displays hundreds of cases of missing and murdered Native women. Anonymous has taken up the issue of violence against Native women in response to a sexual assault in Thunder Bay, Ontario, that's being treated as a hate crime. Get the Story: New map tracks missing and murdered Aboriginal women (CBC 2/6) Related Stories: Teen says he saw Native woman being attacked in Ontario (01/29) Native parents concerned as students return to school in Ontario (01/08) Sexual assault of Native woman investigated as a hate crime (1/3)

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