Articles by Indigenous Affairs Fellow Taylar Dawn Stagner
Taylar Dawn Stagner is Grist's 2024-2025 Indigenous Affairs reporting fellow.
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![Fog threads through green and brown mountain ranges.]()
![Fog threads through green and brown mountain ranges.]()
What’s the difference between Indigenous nations co-managing or co-stewarding their land? A lot.
Being a "steward" of the land isn't enough for Native peoples.
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![A road stretches through the desert]()
![A road stretches through the desert]()
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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![a stream runs through a large red rock canyon at dusk]()
![a stream runs through a large red rock canyon at dusk]()
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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![A collage of many young people's headshots on a green and yellow striped background]()
![A collage of many young people's headshots on a green and yellow striped background]()
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."
