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 Sort ascending Geography Website
Leigh Brown, Patricia. 2017. Traditions Revived at a Tribal Culture Camp. The New York Times

Categories: PNW, culture

2017 Pacific Northwest, California Link
Kahn, Brian. 2017. The EPA has started to remove Obama-era information.

Categories: climate change, trump administration, Obama Administration, white house, federal, protection,administration, legislation

2017 National, United States Link
n.a. 2017. Standing Rock's fight against Dakota pipeline not over as tribe plans for fossil-free future. Green Left Weekly.

Categories: Standing rock, pipeline, legislation, lawsuit, climate change, policy, planning, fossil fuels, pollution

2017 North Dakota Link
Morrow, Allison. 2017. Nisqually tribe won't fish chum after historic decision. King 5 News.

Categories: climate change, conservation, fisheries, salmon, population, habitat, restoration, conservation, sustainability, marine, fisheries, subsistence, commercial, industrial, traditional foods

2017 Washignton State, Pacific Northwest, Nisqually Link
Pringle, Heather. 2017. In the Land of Lost Gardens. Hakai Magazine.

Categories: ethnobotany, TEK, traditional knowledge, plants, first foods, traditional foods,

2017 British Colombia, Canada, Pacific Northwest Link
Harrington, Samantha. 2017. A Native American tribe is helping a forest adapt to climate change. Yale Climate Connections

Categories: adaptation, forests, climate change

2017 Wisconsin, Upper Midwest Link
Watt-Cloutier, Sheila. 2017. The right to be cold is key to addressing climate change says Nobel nominee.

Categories: climate change, arctic, Inuit, Inupiaq, TEK, Traditional ecological knowledge, weather patterns, polar ice sheets, temperature, adaptation, mitigation

2017 Arctic, Alaska, Canada, United States, Global, International Link
LaPier, Rosalyn R. 2017. Climate change could disrupt tribes’ religious practices. High Country News.

Categories: climate change, tribes, religion, spirituality, self-determination, cultural expression, freedom, accessibility,

2017 National, United States Link
Clayton, S., Manning, C. M., Krygsman, K., & Speiser, M. (2017). Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, and ecoAmerica.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, human health, community, climate science, recommendations, planning, policy

2017 National Link
Emanuel, Ryan E. 2017. Flawed environmental justice analyses.

Categories: tribes, climate change, pipeline, pollution, emissions, fossil fuels, environmental racism, social justice, human rights

2017 United States, National Link
Hill, D. 2017. Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land. The Guardian.

Categories: religion, catholicism, sovereignty, self-determination, stewardship, jurisdiction, policy

2017 International, Global Link
Colorado State University. "Forest resilience declines in face of wildfires, climate change." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 12 December 2017. .

Categories: forest resilience, wildfires, climate change

2017 Rocky Mountains, Colorado, Wyoming, Washington, Idaho, Montana Link
Babcock, Hope M. “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow--Is Global Climate Change Another White Man ’s Trick to Get Indian Land? The Role of Treaties in Protecting Tribes as They Adapt to Climate Change.” Michigan State Law Review, 2017, pp. 370–423., scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3029&context=facpub.

Categories: climate change impacts, cultural resources, sea level rise, erosion, drought, relocation, treaties, sovereignty

2017 Link
Belfer, E., Ford, J.D. & Maillet, M. Climatic Change (2017) 145: 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-2076-z

Categories: climate change, media coverage, colonialism, marginalization, traditional knowledge,

2017 Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand Link
Melvin, A.M., Murray, J., Boehlert, B. et al. Climatic Change (2017) 141: 783. doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1923-2

Categories: climate change, wildfire, adaptation, mitigation, water quality, biodiversity, expense, cost, alaska

2017 Alaska, United States Link
Gilles, Nathan. 2017. Adaptation Partners. The Climate CIRCulator.

Categories: partnership, inter agency collaboration, multiple jurisdiction, climate change, adaptation,

2017 Pacific Northwest, Washignton State Link
n.a. 2017. Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans arrived. Phys Org.

Categories: climate change, climate science, ancient climate, colonization, settlement, past projections,

2017 North America, Minnesota, Great Plains, Midwest Link
Grey, Eva. 2017. Arctic indigenous leaders speak up about the dangers of increased shipping. Ship-Technology.

Categories: climate change, oceans, marine health, shipping, freight, oil freight, oil spills, pollution, fisheries, ecosystem, sustainability, conservation, preservation

2017 Alaska, Russia, Canada Link
Finn, Symma, et al. “The Value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge for the Environmental Health Sciences and Biomedical Research.” Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 125, no. 8, Aug. 2017, doi:10.1289/ehp858.

Categories: TEK, preservation, oral tradition, culture, tradition, language

2017 Link
“Chickasaw Nation sustainability scientist April Taylor: U.S. Indigenous Communities Building Capacity to Confront the Impact Climate Change.” Between the Lines, Squeaky Wheel Productions, 13 Dec. 2017, www.btlonline.org/2017/seg/171222cf-btl-taylor.html.

Categories: sustainability, climate change impacts, tribal water rights, climate change adaptation, capacity training

2017 National Link
Mateo-Vega, J., Potvin, C., Monteza, J., Bacorizo, J., Barrigón, J., Barrigón, R., López, N., Omi, L., Opua, M., Serrano, J., Cushman, K. C., & Meyer, C. (2017). Full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in forest monitoring for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): trial in Panama’s Darién. Ecosphere, 8(2). doi:10.1002/ecs2.1635

Categories: A recent study found that well-trained Indigenous technicians are just as effective at collecting the necessary data to monitor forest carbon emission viability.

2017 South America Link
Halofsky, J.E., Peterson, D.L. and Prendeville, H.R., 2017. Assessing vulnerabilities and adapting to climate change in northwestern US forests. Climatic Change, pp.1-14.

Categories: climate chagne, adaptation, inter agency collaboration, partnerships, multiple jurisdiction, transboundary, management,

2017 Pacific Northwest, Washington state Link
Marks-Block, Tony. 2017. Karuk Tribe, Forest Service and EcoAdapt Meet to Explore Climate Change Adaptation. North Coast.

Categories: climate change, prescribed burning, controlled burn, fire management, wildfire, risk, assessment, management, conservation, sustainability, planning, policy

2017 California, Oregon, West Coast, Pacific Northwest Coast Link
Harbarger, M. 2017. Bipartisan U.S. Senate committee supports safety bill for Columbia River tribal sites. The Oregonian.

Categories: safety, hazard, legislation, policy, tribal welfare, community health, wellness, fisheries, salmon, wildfire,

2017 Oregon, Washington Link
Friedman, L. 2017. Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report. The New York Times.

Categories: cliamte chagne, Tru,p Administration, white house, planning, policy, legislation, adaptation, mitigation, coal, emissions, carbon, green house gases,

2017 United States, National Link
Subbaraman, N. 2017. The Trump Administration’s Climate Denial Could Be Catastrophic For Tribes. Buzzfeed.

Categories: climate change, trump administration, climate denial, stall, funding, support, policy, planning, federal support, vulnerability, at-risk communities, traditional foods, subsistence, economy

2017 Alaska, Gulf Coast, Washington, Canada, Oregon, California, Mexico, Texas, Northwest Coast, Pacific Link
Wong, E. 2017. China Poised to Take Lead on Climate After Trump’s Move to Undo Policies.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, greenhouse gasses, emissions, standards, limits, climate leader, world power

2017 China, United States, International, Global Link
Abatzoglou, J.T. and Rupp, D.E. In press. Evaluating climate model simulations of drought for the northwestern United States. International Journal of Climatology. DOI:10.1002/joc.5046

Categories: climate change, climate science, predictions, indicators, hydrology, planning, management

2017 Northwest, Global Link
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24797.

Categories: health and medicine, public health, prevention, environment, environment health and safety, climate change

2017 Link
Milman, O. 2017. US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal. The Guardian.

Categories: climate change, climate denial, scoial change, trump administration, policy, legislation, protocol, white house

2017 Untied States, National Link