Articles by Taylar Dawn Stagner
Taylar Dawn Stagner was 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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Rez dogs are feeling the heat from climate change
A lack of infrastructure and extreme weather are putting unhoused pets on reservations in danger.
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![Illustration of a compass with a trail of footsteps walking through the center]()
Indigenous geography could change how we relate to the Earth
"Geography can be maps. But it can also be something deeply personal, like how we interact with space."
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![A large group of people hold signs with symbols and words including olive branches, arabic lettering, and 'land back' on them]()
![A large group of people hold signs with symbols and words including olive branches, arabic lettering, and 'land back' on them]()
The green transition will make things worse for the Indigenous world
A new study warns that the push for renewable energy could exacerbate socioeconomic disparities among Indigenous communities.
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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.
