Dana A. Hedgpeth
Indigenous. Content creator. Journalist. Storyteller.

Media Appearances & Public Speaking
Dana has appeared on Apple News Today, MSNBC, SiriusXM Radio, FOX 5 Washington, WJLA-TV, The Washington Post’s video streaming programs, and the Post Reports podcast. She is also a frequent moderator, panelist, guest lecturer, and keynote speaker at conferences and universities, including:
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DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF)
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Indigenous Journalist Association
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National Museum of the American Indian
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North Carolina Commission on Indian Affairs.
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Northwestern University, Medill College of Journalism.
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Swarthmore College.
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University of Maryland, College Park.

Dana, left, participates in a fireside chat with Dean of Education Bryan McKinley Jones Brayboy before a crowd at Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism.

Dana on Democracy NOW!
A sampling of Dana’s media appearances
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PBS NewsHour - Dana discussed why her leadership of a 60-journalist investigation — which found three times more Native student deaths at boarding schools than a federal probe — remains urgent today.
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Apple News Today - Dana reported on how nearly 300 million gallons of sewage spilled into the Potomac River and its consequences for the region.
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MSNBC - The Reidout - MSNBC primetime host Joy Reid interviewed Dana on the untold Indigenous story of Thanksgiving.
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WriteLane podcast – On a podcast hosted by Pulitzer Prize–winning journalists, Dana shared the rigorous reporting behind her interviews with survivors of Indian boarding schools.
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Democracy NOW! - Dana highlighted how The Post uncovered more than three times as many Indigenous student deaths at boarding schools as the Interior Department found in its investigation.
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Fox 5 - Dana examined the history of Thanksgiving, challenging long-held myths and correcting the historical record.
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Sirius XM Radio - Wild zebras escaped in Maryland and roamed the D.C. suburbs for weeks — and Dana was on the trail, tracking every twist.
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Washington Post video - Dana gave a rider’s guide to Metro: Why do trains jerk and elevators break so often? An inside look at the system’s persistent problems — and what’s behind them.
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Post Reports: The Myth of Thanksgiving. What really happened at the first Thanksgiving — and why the tribe that aided the Pilgrims still grapples with its consequences 400 years later.
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Post Reports - The lasting scars of Native American boarding schools — where children were abused under U.S. government and Catholic Church oversight.

Dana, right, with journalist Cheryl Tan at Northwestern’s Medill.

Dana, left, speaking as a keynote with well-known Native American authors Mark Trahant and Suzanne Harjo at the National Museum of the American Indian.

Dana leads a discussion of a documentary film called "Nuisance Bear."