Tribal Belt

Margarite Faras tried to fix what she thought was wrong with the San Carlos Apache Reservation. Instead, San Carlos fixed her.

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Faras, though, plans to continue her fight for her council seat and for the government reforms she had tried to champion. She has begun looking for a law firm that will take her case to federal court. Supporters in nearby Globe are donating items for raffles to raise money for her legal fees.

She says she is still suffering from anxiety attacks and insomnia, but that she is beginning to recover from her near breakdown during the protests outside her house.

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After receiving several death threats, Margarite Faras now sleeps with her pistol.

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"Still, it's like something inside of me is dead."

But she says she's strong enough to keep up the fight.

"My name has been destroyed, my business has been destroyed and I have people trying to run me out of my home," she says. "It would be easier to lay down and give up and forget about it. But it's just so wrong. This should not be happening in America. So I'll fight until there's no more fighting to do."