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Notes Laura Sullivan Tuesday, October 25, 2011 at 12:00 PM Font
size: A | A | A | A |  In South Dakota, Native American
grandparents like Janice Howe are fighting to bring home their
grandchildren who are caught up in a foster care system that is
placing them with white families off the reservation.  Related
Articles A Fight For Her Grandchildren Mirrors A Native Past
Suzanne Crow's struggle to bring home her grandchildren harkens
her boarding school days.  Part one of a three-part
investigation.  The dirt roads on the Crow Creek Indian
reservation in South Dakota blow dust on the window frames of
simple houses.  The people who live here are poor — in a way few
Americans are poor. There are no grocery stores or restaurants.
There's only electricity when it's possible to pay the bill.
This is where Janice Howe grew up, on a barren stretch of land
that has belonged to the Lakota people for more than 100 years.
"I'm the eldest of nine kids," she