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Employees and other Junior Billie was one of SemFuel’s first 9HOGLQD 2VFHROD ZDV ¿UVW WR JHW JDV tribal leaders, including President Mitchell Cypress, far left, participated in the festivities before the first tank of gas was filled. customers on grand opening day. Editorial......................2A Health.............................9A Arts & Entertainment......5B #7KH6HPLQROH7ULEXQH #6HPLQROH7ULEXQH INSIDE: Community..................3A Education....................1B Sports............... ............1C 2A • The Seminole Tribune • August 31, 2018 Rep. Kevin Yoder says New hope for Democratic rival Sharice neglected Native kids success with annual statistics, but early data • Billings (Mont.) suggest that fewer Native children have had Gazette to be re-removed from their parents’ homes Davids doesn’t have in the past year. Furthermore, fewer Native children were removed in 2017 than in 2016 ontana’s child protection or 2015. system is struggling with Native American children account for Mincreased numbers of abused about 10 percent of Yellowstone County’ Kansas values. Huh? and neglected children and too few resources under-18 population, they have accounted to care for them. In the midst of this for about 40 percent of the county’s child struggle, the Indian Child Welfare Act Court abuse and neglect cases for many years — from the Army there, and of Johnson County until last year. According to 2017 statistics • Kansas City Star Community College, yes, she is from around established in Yellowstone County District Court is a bright ray of hope. compiled by the Yellowstone County here. $WWRUQH\¶V2I¿FHOHVVWKDQSHUFHQWRIWKH Editorial Board As someone who graduated from The ICWA Court, led by Judge Rod Souza, is coordinating limited resources total 574 children who entered the foster care Cornell Law, was in private practice, worked system last year were Native Americans. on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South WR SURYLGH WKH JUHDWHVW EHQH¿W WR FKLOGUHQ It started one year ago and this month and Unfortunately, that reduction was more e endorsed Sharice Davids to Dakota and then was a White House fellow, than offset by an increase in non-Native she could have gone anywhere but chose to now serves 93 children who are eligible for be the Democratic nominee membership in the Crow, Northern Cheyenne children removed. Last year’s total was the in Kansas’ 3rd Congressional come back to Kansas. So yes, she is from highest ever for Yellowstone County. W around here. or Fort Peck tribes. 'LVWULFW QRW NQRZLQJ LI VKH¶G ZLQ RU ¿QLVK ,WWDNHVWLPHDQGVXI¿FLHQWVWDIIWREXLOG Davids and Welder “don’t know The key to improving service to closer to the bottom among the six candidates abused and neglected kids is for the court the working relationships that will move competing to go up against Republican U.S. Kansas,” Yoder told the crowd on election children permanently to safe homes — with night. “They don’t know our values.” team members to establish good working Rep. Kevin Yoder in November. Bernie relationships. their birth parents, relatives, guardians or Sanders-endorsed