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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Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard?
The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do the same.
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Arizona wants to mine uranium near the Grand Canyon. Tribal nations are fighting back.
“The tribes fought very hard for the establishment of the monument and are here to defend it.”
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From Australia to the Arctic, young Indigenous changemakers speak out
"When we listen to the land, the land will listen to us. It's a language. Climate change is creating a language barrier."
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A gigantic green energy transmission project will cut through Indigenous lands in the Southwest
After a federal court rejected their lawsuit, tribes are turning to the U.N. for help.
