Taylar Dawn Stagner, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org A nonprofit independent magazine of unblinking journalism that shines a light on all of the complexities of the West. Wed, 24 Jan 2024 15:38:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.hcn.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/cropped-HCN_Logo-Monogram_White_Sq-2-32x32.png Taylar Dawn Stagner, Author at High Country News https://www.hcn.org 32 32 229054741 The new film ‘Tatanka’ and the many narratives of the buffalo https://www.hcn.org/articles/arts-culture-the-new-film-tatanka-and-the-many-narratives-of-the-buffalo/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/arts-culture-the-new-film-tatanka-and-the-many-narratives-of-the-buffalo/ “One of the biggest things for me was that I wanted to be able to highlight the story of the White Buffalo Calf Woman because it’s one of the very important stories related to buffalo,” said Two Bulls.

Oglala Lakota Richard Two Bulls discusses his new project, which documents the restoration of the buffalo and the revival of a language.

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]]> 190517 Let’s talk about Indian romance novels https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-7/ideas-books-lets-talk-about-indian-romance-novels/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/ideas-books-lets-talk-about-indian-romance-novels/

If you’ve ever gawked in disbelief at a hunky white man in redface, this one’s for you.

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]]> 226160 Treaty rights, bison and the country’s most controversial hunt https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-7/indigenous-affairs-hunting-treaty-rights-bison-and-the-countrys-most-controversial-hunt/ Sat, 01 Jul 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/indigenous-affairs-hunting-treaty-rights-bison-and-the-countrys-most-controversial-hunt/ Blackfeet tribal members Wyett Wippert and Christen Falcon stretch a bison hide on a handmade wooden frame, the first step in tanning it, at their home in East Glacier, Montana.

Last winter’s harvest in the Yellowstone region illustrates the complexity of bison restoration.

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]]> 226175 Is Harriet Hageman an ally of Indian Country? https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-6/indigenous-affairs-politics-is-harriet-hageman-an-ally-of-indian-country/ Thu, 01 Jun 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/indigenous-affairs-politics-is-harriet-hageman-an-ally-of-indian-country/

The rookie congresswoman says she wants to advance tribal autonomy.

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]]> 226079 Who gets a say in tribal treaty hunting? https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-5/indigenous-affairs-hunting-who-gets-a-say-in-tribal-treaty-hunting/ Mon, 01 May 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/indigenous-affairs-hunting-who-gets-a-say-in-tribal-treaty-hunting/

In Wyoming, everybody wants influence over off-rez hunting — and nobody’s happy.

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]]> 226020 A climate heist and revenge movie https://www.hcn.org/articles/ideas-review-a-climate-heist-and-revenge-movie/ Fri, 28 Apr 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/ideas-review-a-climate-heist-and-revenge-movie/ Young college dropout, Xochitl (Ariela Barer), who lost her mother in a heatwave. The film stands firm in its sympathetic framing of the actions of the group, but it is also a revenge movie.

‘How to Blow Up a Pipeline’ stands firm in its sympathetic framing of its protagonists, and then asks you to evaluate yourself.

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]]> 196113 Jackson as a safe haven in ‘The Last of Us’ is science fiction https://www.hcn.org/issues/55-4/ideas-review-jackson-as-safe-haven-in-the-last-of-us-is-science-fiction/ Mon, 27 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/ideas-review-jackson-as-safe-haven-in-the-last-of-us-is-science-fiction/ The idyllic Jackson, Wyoming, of “The Last of Us”.

Only the extremely wealthy might survive the Apocalypse in today’s western Wyoming town.

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]]> 225936 Bringing co-stewardship to Wyoming’s Red Desert https://www.hcn.org/articles/indigenous-affairs-interview-bringing-co-stewardship-to-wyomings-red-desert/ Mon, 13 Mar 2023 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/indigenous-affairs-interview-bringing-co-stewardship-to-wyomings-red-desert/ Rain in the Red Desert. “There’s a lot of things out there that Indigenous people knew about,” Soldier Wolf said about the desert.

A Q&A with the Indigenous Land Alliance of Wyoming’s Yufna Soldier Wolf.

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]]> 196667 Sage advice https://www.hcn.org/issues/52-10/indigenous-affairs-sage-advice/ Thu, 01 Oct 2020 08:00:00 +0000 https://www.hcn.org/2020/10/01/sage-advice/

The ecological and ethical problems of ‘smudging.’

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