TY - SER AU - McKinley, Catherine E. AU - Liddell, Jessica L. TI - “Why I stayed in that relationship” : : barriers to Indigenous women’s ability to leave violent relationships PY - 2022/// PB - Sage, KW - ABUSED WOMEN KW - COERCIVE CONTROL KW - DOMESTIC VIOLENCE KW - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES KW - INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE KW - IWI TAKETAKE KW - QUALITATIVE RESEARCH KW - VICTIM/SURVIVORS' VOICES KW - INTERNATIONAL KW - UNITED STATES N1 - Violence Against Women, 2022, 28(14): 3352–3374 N2 - Indigenous women in the United States are among the most vulnerable to intimate partner violence (IPV), which has reached endemic levels. The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to understand contextual factors and barriers to becoming liberated from violence. Reconstructive analysis of data from a critical ethnography with a sample of 231 women across two tribes who described IPV relationships identified the following themes: controlling relationships, losing sense of priorities, using children, socioeconomic stress, family pressures, and restricting relationships. Results revealed these tactics, which parallel those used in the patriarchal colonialism of historical oppression, impeded women’s liberation from relationships. (Authors' abstract). Record #7830 UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221104507 ER -