Dana Hedgpeth
 

CLIPS

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.

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‘In the name of God’ - For decades, Catholic priests, brothers and sisters raped or molested Native American children who were taken from their homes by the U.S. government and forced to live at remote boarding schools, a Post investigation found.

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They Took the Children - The hidden legacy of Indian boarding schools in the United States

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‘12 years of hell’: Indian boarding school survivors share their stories

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Anger, then relief after Pentagon restores Navajo code talker webpagesAnger, then relief after Pentagon restores Navajo code talker webpages

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Trump cuts $1.5 million from grants to research Indian boarding schools

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This tribe helped the Pilgrims survive for their first Thanksgiving. They still regret it 400 years later.

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Native Americans fight for items looted from bodies at Wounded Knee

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The worst slaughter of Native Americans in U.S. history. Few remember it.

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Native Americans transport a 5,000-pound totem pole to D.C. from the Pacific Northwest

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This land is sacred to the Apache, and they are fighting to save it

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The Irish are repaying a favor from 173 years ago in Native Americans’ fight against coronavirus

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Native American tribes were already being wiped out. Then the 1918 flu hit.

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The week hundreds of Native Americans took over D.C.’s Bureau of Indian Affairs

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Powhatan and his people: The 15,000 American Indians shoved aside by Jamestown’s settlers

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How Native Americans were vaccinated against smallpox, then pushed off their land

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Indian Country, where residents suffer disproportionately from disease, is bracing for coronavirus

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‘Jim Crow, Indian style’: How Native Americans were denied the right to vote for decades

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‘We are still here’ - Native Americans dispel myths by living their truth

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Perspective | I am not their nanny, I am their mom. And I’m American Indian.

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This Native American inscription was found deep inside a cave. Two centuries later, scholars think they understand its meaning.

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Quirky stories that had big online hits of viewers

 
 

So many pets have been adopted during the pandemic that shelters are running out

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12-year-old girl becomes first ‘non-fishing’ shark bite victim in Maryland history, state says

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New species of bloodsucking leech with three jaws and 59 teeth found outside Washington

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‘It’s a lot of drama at the nest this year’ for bald eagles in Washington

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Rare two-headed copperhead snake found in Virginia

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Video shows boaters rescuing ‘Rocky Raccoon’ in the Chesapeake Bay area

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Sloth love? Two sloths are being introduced to each other in hopes they’ll mate at National Zoo.

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Welcome, hedgehogs. The increasingly popular pet is now legal in Fairfax County homes.

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Missing Pedals, the bear? Meet Boo Boo.

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‘A real wildcat in the District’: Bobcat spotted in D.C. along the C&O Canal

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Covid related, human interest stories

 
 

Stitching ‘HOPE’: Woman creates quilt to honor coronavirus victims and front-line workers

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Known as ‘Mr. Spaghetti,’ longtime owner of Adams Morgan restaurant spent a lifetime helping others

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Tiffany Shackelford, 46, was known as a unique, fun ‘force’ to friends, family

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Business-related, economy, auto and defense industry stories

 
 

The Last Handshake Deal: Southeast's Old-School Landlords Make Their Exit -- and Money -- as Developers Swoop In

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In District’s Ward 8, economic recovery is a world away

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Thursday, Capital Grille; Friday, Federal Court

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On this Chrysler, tenacity comes standard

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The Trickle-Down Effect: An auto-parts maker fades in the fallout from Detroit

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For car dealers, the hardest sell is on the Hill

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Money as a weapon

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Building Blackwater (article won Loeb Award)

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Blackwater’s Owner Has Spies for Hire

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Transportation, breaking news stories

 
 

12-hour Beltway shutdown creates commuter nightmare

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Hurricane Katrina, BP oil spill stories

 
 

A family business breached

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Aboard a shallow-water gas rig, regulatory confusion keeps crew waiting

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Louisiana oysterman worry that BP payout won’t be enough

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Selling the tools at hand

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Haiti earthquake stories

 
 

U.S. soldiers play vital role in beleaguered Haitian shantytown

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Girl’s rescue 15 days after quake offers a rare moment of joy in devastated Haiti

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