Such an important part of our past, our physical land, & our national psyche that doesn't get attention. Rightfully heartbroken & horrified. Thank you Sari Horwitz & Dana Hedgpeth. wapo.st/3Vnjbqk

🚨 Live now Dana Hedgpeth & Sari Horwitz are answering Post readers questions about their investigation into Native American boarding schools. One question just came in from a survivor who writes to remind people of the recency 💔. "I'm still alive." --> washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Every paragraph of this piece is harrowing. Please take time to read this haunting investigation of the how the US forcibly separated Native American children from their parents, and sent them to abusive, violent boarding schools. washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Horrifying sexual abuse of Native American children exposed as survivors share new accounts of crimes at Catholic boarding schools trib.al/h66WoXz

Catholic bishops set to apologize for church’s role operating Indian boarding schools washingtonpost.com/investigations…

The pope has remained silent about these abuses in the United States. The bishops’ statement Friday, though, offered a blunt assessment of the legacy of abuse of Native Americans. Incredible impact from Sari Horwitz & Dana Hedgpeth: washingtonpost.com/investigations…

More than 900 Native American children died at U.S boarding schools. washingtonpost.com/investigations…

NEW: Biden set to apologize to Native Americans for Indian boarding schools In a speech in Arizona on Friday, Biden is set to deliver a presidential apology for government’s role in atrocities against Native children. w/ Sari Horwitz Dana Hedgpeth wapo.st/3A9OBsE

“It’s extraordinary that President Biden is doing this,” said Interior Secretary Secretary Deb Haaland, the country’s first Native American Cabinet secretary, tells Sari Horwitz and Dana Hedgpeth. “It will mean the world to so many people across Indian Country.”

BREAKING— Biden to apologize tomorrow for the atrocities committed to Native American children in Indian boarding schools. W/Dana Hedgpeth and Toluse Olorunnipa washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Federal Indian boarding schools have impacted every Indigenous person I know. These were places where children - including my grandparents - were traumatized. I'm so grateful to President Donald J. Trump for acknowledging this terrible era of our nation's past. washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Here at the Gila River Community school in Arizona waiting for President Biden to issue his expected apology to Indian Country for atrocities that occurred at Indian Boarding Schools. This is Mary Kim Titla photo of mother Charlotte, survivor of Phoenix Indian Boarding School.

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Biden to designate national monument at former Indian boarding school washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Our year-long investigation found more than three times the number of student deaths in Indian boarding schools than documented by the U.S. government. washingtonpost.com/investigations…

Our year-long investigation found that more than 3,100 children died at boarding schools between 1828 and 1970 and that more than 800 of those students are buried in cemeteries at or near the schools they attended. Here’s how we found our evidence. wapo.st/3DnIr9q

It is so meaningful to see how much print space The Washington Post dedicated to this story. Our Native American boarding schools investigation is on the front page and the full report has its own 8 page custom section 🧡 wapo.st/4070Sbv

Coolest story about the longest-burning light bulb by Reis Thebault Centennial Bulb glows strong at age 124, a survivor in turbulent times washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03…

Tonight our team is being honored as a finalist for the Anthony Shadid journalism award and I’m so proud and humbled. May we never forget the dark chapter of Indian boarding schools. Check out this promo video we’re in - youtube.com/watch?v=IhxQx4…

NEH cuts $1.5 million from grants to research Indian boarding schools - The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/04…