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Red dress cutouts were placed around Appleton’s Houdini Plaza Monday, each one representing a murdered or missing Indigenous woman.
Advocates were holding a rally in the city for a movement dating back four years.
Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul launched a task force for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women two years ago.
Much work has been done but advocates still say they have a long way to go.
Officials report Native American women are murder victims at 10 times the national average – even though Native Americans make up less than two percent of the population.
