Articles by Indigenous Affairs Fellow Taylar Dawn Stagner
Taylar Dawn Stagner is Grist's 2024-2025 Indigenous Affairs reporting fellow.
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![A beaver sitting on top of a pile of branches, holding a piece of wood up to its mouth]()
![A beaver sitting on top of a pile of branches, holding a piece of wood up to its mouth]()
The Tule River Tribe of California recruits an old ally in its fight against wildfires: Beavers
Beavers were once abundant in North America. Bringing them back could have serious climate benefits.
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![Collage of recycling symbol, recycling dumpster, and dollar bill]()
![Collage of recycling symbol, recycling dumpster, and dollar bill]()
Recycling isn’t easy. The Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana is doing it anyway.
With federal dollars flowing, small tribes are trying to jumpstart their own recycling programs.
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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.
