Articles by Indigenous Affairs Reporting Fellow Taylar Dawn Stagner
Taylar Dawn Stagner is the 2024-2025 Indigenous affairs reporting fellow at Grist. Prior to joining Grist, she contributed radio reporting to NPR and, as a podcaster, won an Edward R. Murrow Award. She’s worked at Wyoming Public Radio and High Country News, writing about Indigenous affairs.
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Why aren’t tribal nations installing more green energy? Blame ‘white tape.’
Federal rules that undermine Indigenous economies make development too tedious.
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Nearly 200 people were killed last year protecting the environment
Most were Black or Indigenous.
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Canada’s first ‘prisoner of conscience’ is an Indigenous land defender
The distinction is given to people who are incarcerated for their politics, religion, or ethnicity, as well as other personal and protected statuses.
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Rez dogs are feeling the heat from climate change
A lack of infrastructure and extreme weather are putting unhoused pets on reservations in danger.
