Articles by Indigenous Affairs Fellow Taylar Dawn Stagner
Taylar Dawn Stagner is Grist's 2024-2025 Indigenous Affairs reporting fellow.
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![Clay-colored water floods land, with only tops of trees sticking up.]()
![Clay-colored water floods land, with only tops of trees sticking up.]()
Tribal lands in Oklahoma are 5 times more likely to flood than rest of state
When Indigenous peoples were forced off their lands, they were boxed into flood-prone areas.
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![Cityscape of downtown Denver with the Flatirons and Longs Peak in the background from a drone perspective]()
![Cityscape of downtown Denver with the Flatirons and Longs Peak in the background from a drone perspective]()
Colorado’s dirty secret: A $500 billion mining industry built on Indigenous land
A new report says that it’s only a fraction of the almost $2 trillion the state has made on stolen land.
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![A beaver sitting on top of a pile of branches, holding a piece of wood up to its mouth]()
![A beaver sitting on top of a pile of branches, holding a piece of wood up to its mouth]()
The Tule River Tribe of California recruits an old ally in its fight against wildfires: Beavers
Beavers were once abundant in North America. Bringing them back could have serious climate benefits.
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![Collage of recycling symbol, recycling dumpster, and dollar bill]()
![Collage of recycling symbol, recycling dumpster, and dollar bill]()
Recycling isn’t easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway.
With federal dollars flowing, small tribes are trying to jumpstart their own recycling programs.
