Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

Publications

Tribal leaders, scholars and others working with tribes on climate change issues are increasingly engaged in bringing tribal voices to academic literature, agency climate reports, and other publications to demonstrate the impacts of climate change on indigenous communities in the United States, and the measures tribes across the country are taking to address climate change. Abstracts and materials provided by the publications are included in the descriptions.

Publication	Year	Geography	Website
Melillo, Jerry M., T. C. Richmond, and Gary W. Yohe. "Climate change impacts in the United States: the third national climate assessment." US Global change research program 841 (2014). Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, risk, vulnerability, assessment, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Whyte, K.P 2014. “A Concern About Shifting Interactions between Indigenous and Nonindigenous Parties in U.S. Climate Adaptation Contexts.” Interdisciplinary Environmental Review 15 (2/3): 114-133. Categories: Climate justice, Environmental Justice, treaty rights, indigenous peoples, tribal jurisdiction, Climate Change Adaptation, indigenous resilience, indigenous sustainability, tribe, indigenous	2014	US, Canada	Link
Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC). 2014. The sea ice never stops. Circumpolar Inuit reflections on sea ice use and shipping in Inuit Nunaat. Ottawa: Inuit Circumpolar Council – Canada. Categories: ICC, SDWG, inuit circumpolar council, arctic council, sea ice, shipping, indigenous, tribe	2014	Arctic	Link
Melillo, Jerry M., Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and Gary W. Yohe, eds. 2014 Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. Washington, DC: U.S. Global Change Research Program. Categories: Changing Climate, Water Resources, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, Forests, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Human Health, Energy, Water, and Land Use, Urban Systems and Infrastructure, indigenous peoples, land use, Rural Communities, Biogeochemical Cycles, Northeast Southeast and Caribbean, Midwest, Great Plains, Southwest, Northwest, Alaska, Hawai‘i and U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands, Oceans and Marine Resources, Coastal Zones, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Whyte, K.P., M. Dockry, W. Baule, D. Fellman, 2014. Supporting Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Planning Through Community Participatory Strategic Foresight Scenario Development. In: Project Reports. D. Brown, W. Baule, L. Briley, and E. Gibbons, eds. Available from the Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA) Center. http://glisa.umich.edu/media/files/projectreports/GLISA_ProjRep_Strategic-Foresight.pdf Categories: Strategic foresight, adaptation planning, Menominee Theoretical Model of Sustainability, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Red Lake Nation, Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, tribe, indigenous	2014	Midwest	Link
IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, 151 pp. Categories: Climate change, Assessment Report	2014	International	Link
Mimura, N., R.S. Pulwarty, D.M. Duc, I. Elshinnawy, M.H. Redsteer, H.Q. Huang, J.N. Nkem, and R.A. Sanchez and Rodriguez, 2014: Adaptation planning and implementation. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part A: Global and Sectoral Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Field, C.B., V.R. Barros, D.J. Dokken, K.J. Mach, M.D. Mastrandrea, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, pp. 869-898. Categories: Climate change, Adaptation planning and implementation	2014	International	Link
Willox et al. 2014. Examining relationships between climate change and mental health in the Circumpolar North. Reg Environ Change. Categories: Climate change, Mental health, Circumpolar North, indigenous, Arctic, tribe	2014	Arctic	Link
Jenni K, Graves D, Hardiman J, Hatten J, Mastin M, Mesa M, Montag JM, Nieman T, Voss F, Maule A (2014) Identifying stakeholder-relevant climate change impacts: a case study in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, USA. Clim Chang Categories: Yakima River Basin, Climate change, Traditional Knowledge, tribe, indigenous	2014	Northwest	Link
Montag, J.M. K.Swan, K. Jenni. T. Nieman, J. Hatten, M.Mesa, D. Graves, F. Voss, M. Mastin, J. Hardiman, A. Maule. (2014) "Climate change and Yakama Nation tribal-well being" Climatic Change. Categories: Water, well-being, community health framework, tribe, indigenous, Yakama Nation	2014	Northwest	Link
Wilson N. 2014. The Politics of Adaptation: Subsistence Livelihoods and Vulnerability to Climate Change in the Koyukon Athabascan Village of Ruby, Alaska. Human Ecology. February 2014, Volume 42, Issue 1, pp 87-10 Categories: Adaptation Climate change Equity and justice Indigenous peoples Subsistence livelihoods Vulnerability Alaska, tribe, indigenous	2014	Alaska	Link
Kelly E, Gosnell H. 2014. Who Will Own the Mazama? Tribal Power and Forest Ownership in the Klamath Basin. Humboldt journal of social relations. 36: 102-117 Categories: Forest resources, Klamath Basin, tribe, indigenous	2014	Northwest	Link
Nania J. and K. Cozzetto et al. 2014. Considerations for climate change and variability adaptation on the Navajo Nation. Categories: Adaptation, Drought, adaptive capacity, Risk Assessment, variability, tribe, indigenous	2014	Navajo Nation, Southwest	Link
Wood M. (2014) "Tribal Environmental Leaders summit keynote address: Tribal Trustees in Climate Change" Categories: American Indian Law, Land Management, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Larsen, J.N., O.A. Anisimov, A. Constable, A.B. Hollowed, N. Maynard, P. Prestrud, T.D. Prowse, and J.M.R. Stone. 2014. Polar Regions. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Barros, V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, pp. 1567-1612. Categories: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, vulnerability	2014	Global	Link
Orlove, Ben, Lazrus, heather, Hovelsrud, Grete K., and Alessandra Giannini. 2014. Recognitions and Responsibilities. On the origins and consequences of the uneven attention to climate change around the world. Current Anthropology 55(3):249–261. Categories: Climate change, anthropology, global warming	2014	Global	Link
Baker, Betsy, and Sarah Mooney. 2013. The legal status of Arctic sea ice in the United States and Canada. Polar Geography 36(1–2): 86–104. Categories: Arctic, sea ice, ecosystem services, Alaska, Inuit, Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Land Claims Agreements, United States, Canada, Environmental Law, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic, Canada	Link
Laska, Shirley Tony Laska, Bob Gough, Jack Martin, Albert Naquin, and Kristina Peterson. 2014. Proposal for Isle de Jean Charles Relocation Planning. Indigenous Roots for Sustainable Futures: Proactive Solutions for a Time of Change. Categories: Relocation, resilience, tribe, indigenous	2014	Coastal Louisiana, Southeast	Link
Reid M. G., Hamilton, C., Reid, S. K., Trousdale, W., Hill, C., Turner, N., Picard, C. R., Lamontagne, C. and Matthews, H. D. (2014) Indigenous climate change adaptation planning using a value-focused approach: A case study with the Gitga’at Nation. Journal of Ethnobiology, 34, 401–424. Categories: coastal adaptation, adaptation planning, resource dependent communities, values-based planning, ndigenous peoples, tribe, indigenous	2014	coastal tribes	Link
Barnett, J. and O'Neill, S. J. (2013) Minimising the risk of maladaptation, in Climate Adaptation Futures (eds J. Palutikof, S. L. Boulter, A. J. Ash, M. S. Smith, M. Parry, M. Waschka and D. Guitart), John Wiley & Sons, Oxford. doi: 10.1002/9781118529577.ch7 Categories: Climate change, maladaptation, sea-level rise, South Pacific, tribe, indigenous	2013	South Pacific	Link
Lennert, Mitdlarak. 2014. Greenland’s legal framework for non-renewable resource exploitation: The challenges of creating transparent public consultation processes. In Joan Nymand Larsen and Gail Fondahl, eds. Arctic Human Development Report. Regional Processes and Global Linkages. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, pp. 276–280. Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, indigenous knowledge, tribe, indigenous	2014	Arctic	Link
Reo, N. J., & Parker, A. K. (2014). Re-thinking colonialism to prepare for the impacts of rapid environmental change. In Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States (pp. 163-174). Climatic Change. Springer International Publishing. Categories: environmental change, colonialism, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Bronen, R. (2013). Climate induced displacement of Alaska Native communities. Brookings Institution: Project on Internal Displacement.Washington D.C. Categories: Climate-induced displacement, Alaska, Arctic Internal Displacement North America Natural Disasters Climate Change Environment International Affairs, tribe, indigenous	2013	Alaska	Link
Luber, G., K. Knowlton, J. Balbus, H. Frumkin, M. Hayden, J. Hess, M. McGeehin, N. Sheats, L. Backer, C. B. Beard, K. L. Ebi, E. Maibach, R. S. Ostfeld, C. Wiedinmyer, E. Zielinski-Gutiérrez, and L. Ziska, 2014: Ch. 9: Human Health. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment, J. M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and G. W. Yohe, Eds., U.S. Global Change Research Program, 220-256. doi:10.7930/J0PN93H5. Categories: Climate change, Human Health, health impacts	2014	United States	Link
Rising Voices. 2014. Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions. Workshop report. June 30-July 2, 2014. Boulder, CO, National Center for Atmospheric Research. Categories: Adaptation, impacts (health, livelihoods, declining sea ice), Relocation, tribe, indigenous	2014		Link
Bronen, R. 2013. Statutory limits prevent effective response to communities at climate risk. The Guardian, May 16, 2013. Categories: Climate-induced displacement, tribe, indigenous	2013	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Grah, O., and J. Beaulieu, 2013: The effect of climate change on glacier ablation and baseflow support in the Nooksack River basin and implications on Pacific salmonid species protection and recovery. Climatic Change, 120, 657-670, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0747-y.↩ Categories: traditional food, Salmon, tribe, indigenous	2013	Pacific Northwest	Link
Pulwarty, Roger. 2013 Presentation at the Rising Voices of Indigenous People in Weather and Climate Science Workshop. The Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Working Group and National Center Categories: tribe, indigenous	2013
Hansen T. 2013. Eight Tribes that are way ahead of climate-adaptation Curve. Indian Country Today Media Network. Available at: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/15/8-tribes-are-way-ahead-climate-adaptation-curve-151763 Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, Mitigation, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States, Northwest, Southwest, Alaska	Link
Raftery M. 2013. Federal Judge Hears Quechan Tribe’s Case On Ocotillo Wind Project Harm To Sacred Sites. East County Magazine. Categories: cultural resource protection, tribe, indigenous	2013	Northeast	Link

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.