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Dana Hedgpeth

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More Than 3,100 Students Died at Schools Built to Crush Native American Cultures

The Washington Post has found more than three times as many deaths as the U.S. government documented in its investigation of Indian boarding schools.

by Dana Hedgpeth, Sari Horwitz, Joyce Sohyun Lee, Andrew Ba Tran, Nilo Tabrizy, Jahi Chikwendiu via Washington Post
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on December 22, 2024
‘12 Years of Hell’: Indian Boarding School Survivors Share Their Stories

Forced by the federal government to attend the schools, generations of Native American children were sexually assaulted, beaten and emotionally abused.

by Dana Hedgpeth via Retropolis
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on August 7, 2023
This Tribe Helped the Pilgrims Survive for Their First Thanksgiving. They Still Regret It.

Long marginalized and misrepresented in U.S. history, the Wampanoags are bracing for the 400th anniversary of the first Pilgrim Thanksgiving in 1621.

by Dana Hedgpeth via Retropolis
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on November 4, 2021
How Native Americans Were Vaccinated Against Smallpox, Then Pushed Off Their Land

Nearly two centuries later, many tribes remain suspicious of the drive to get them vaccinated against the coronavirus.

by Dana Hedgpeth via Washington Post
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on March 28, 2021

Dana Hedgpeth

Bylines

More Than 3,100 Students Died at Schools Built to Crush Native American Cultures

‘12 Years of Hell’: Indian Boarding School Survivors Share Their Stories

This Tribe Helped the Pilgrims Survive for Their First Thanksgiving. They Still Regret It.

How Native Americans Were Vaccinated Against Smallpox, Then Pushed Off Their Land