Articles by Indigenous Affairs Fellow Taylar Dawn Stagner
Taylar Dawn Stagner is Grist's 2024-2025 Indigenous Affairs reporting fellow.
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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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![Dog in a barren desert landscape]()
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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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![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.
