'I Didn't Know What to Do'

The Santa Fe New Mexican › November 08, 2005

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CYCLE OF VIOLENCE

CULTURES

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'I Didn't Know What to Do'

Domestic-abuse victims on pueblos and from across the border face different obstacles before breaking away

Indian Country: Domestic violence in 'epidemic proportions'

Country: Peacekeepers program formed to help victims on pueblos

Mary Bernal remembers all too clearly the night in 1995 when she and her 8-year-old son escaped from her abusive husband.

"I had gotten used to sleeping with my car keys in my bra, just in case he was drunk and I needed to run," Bernal said. "We had been planning the escape for months, and it had ...

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