Diane Gates, longtime Standing Rock social worker, remembered for helping others
Diane Gates lived to help others until she died of COVID-19 in July 2020 at age 75. She and her husband, Bobby, took in foster children. She started a program called âTender Heartsâ for victims of domestic violence on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. And she spent years as a social worker with Indian Health Service in Fort Yates, responding to crises at all hours. âLate at night in blinding blizzard conditions, sheâd drive to the hospital to help,â Bobby recalled. Diane worked with families coping with terrible situations, such as the suicide of a loved one or a t...
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