Taylar Stagner
Tribal Affairs ReporterTaylar Stagner covers tribal affairs for Yellowstone Public Radio. She is Arapaho and Shoshone (descendant) and previously reported for Wyoming Public Radio on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Riverton, Wyoming where she grew up. Stanger was educated at the University of Wyoming and at Bowing Green State University and got her degrees in American Culture Studies.
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Mask mandates are being lifted across the country, but high school basketball players on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming are happy their mandate is staying for now.
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Opening a clinic was one of the Little Shell Chippewa’s first priorities after becoming federally recognized in 2019. -
The Fort Belknap community and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes filed a lawsuit against the Montana Department of Environmental Quality and its director alleging the agency is not adequately enforcing a “bad actor” law pertaining to new mining permits. -
A Crow and Salish researcher is launching an online catalogue of Indigenous plant knowledge. -
The first tribal college to have a four-year nursing program welcomed a new body to the classroom this fall: a synthetic cadaver. And it's helping Indigenous students prepare to enter health care professions at a time when they're needed most. -
Attorney General Austin Knudsen, along with the Montana Missing Indigenous Persons Task Force, unveiled an online database to make keeping track of missing people in the state easier to do. -
The Rocky Boy's Reservation in north-central Montana is welcoming 11 buffalo back this week. -
The Fort Belknap Indian Community is requesting an investigation after a mining company filed claims on an environmental reclamation area south of the reservation. -
Montana tribal council member joining new federal advisory committee for Indigenous veteran outreachA tribal council member from Fort Peck Reservation in Montana has been appointed to a new federal advisory committee focusing on improving outreach to Indigenous veterans. -
Many towns in Montana are celebrating Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day. One state lawmaker is pushing legislation to make the switch official for everyone in Montana.
