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Inside Minnesota's American Indian foster care crisis

Minnesota judges place American Indian children into foster care in numbers that surpass any other state — and the breakup of Indian families is accelerating.

By Brandon Stahl and

MaryJo Webster

August 20, 2016 at 1:39PM

(Matt DeLong/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Brandon Stahl

MaryJo Webster

Data Editor

MaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune. She teams up with reporters to analyze data for stories across a wide range of topics and beats and also oversees a small team of other data journalists.