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Predator on the Reservation

FRONTLINE: Film Audio Track | PBS

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4.62.4K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

FRONTLINE and The Wall Street Journal investigate the decades-long failure to stop a government doctor accused of sexually abusing Native American boys for years, and examine how he moved from reservation to reservation despite warnings.

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Thanks for listening to the Frontline Audio Cast, the enhanced audio version of our television

0:05.8

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feed, a podcast now in its second season that produces original documentaries made for

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0:17.2

It's called the Frontline Dispatch, and you can find it by searching Frontline Dispatch

0:22.0

in iTunes or wherever you listen to podcasts.

0:26.2

Right back to the Frontline Audio Cast, here is the audio cast of Predator on the Reservation,

0:31.9

broadcast February 12th on PBS.

0:35.4

Tonight, a special investigation from Frontline and the Wall Street Journal.

0:56.2

There were allegations of drug misuse, stealing, sexual abuse, and inappropriate behavior.

1:02.0

The case of dysfunction inside the federal agency that provides health care to Native Americans.

1:07.3

The Indian Health Service made just seem impervious to improvement and they could not get it right.

1:12.4

Because of the absolute need to fill positions, we don't really get the best and the case

1:20.3

of a government pediatrician moved from reservation to reservation.

1:24.5

My concerns was that this man was sexually using children despite the warnings.

1:29.8

There was obviously a lot of people that knew something was going on and they didn't do

1:34.9

anything.

1:36.4

The Indian Health Service and the failure to stop decades of abuse.

1:40.4

What kind of cover up is this?

1:42.2

This involves a lot of people in a lot of high places.

1:46.7

Predator on the Reservation.

1:51.2

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