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 Sort ascending	Geography	Website
Laska, S., Peterson, K., Rodrigue, CL., Cosse, T., Philippe, R., Burchett, O., Krajeski RL. 2015. Layering of Natural and Human-Caused Disasters in the Context of Sea Level Rise Coastal Louisiana Communities at the Edge. In Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival. 225 -238 Categories: Disasters, Sea Level Rise, Coastal Louisiana, Indusry, Resiliency, tribe, indigenous	2015	Southeast
Sydeman, W.J., E. Poloczanska, T.E. Reed, and S.A. Thompson. 2015. Climate change and marine vertebrates. Science 13 (350, no. 6262): 772-777, doi: 10.1126/science.aac9874 Categories: Marine Ecosystems Impacts, Marine Vertebrates, Population Dynamics, Climate Impacts	2015	Pacific Northwest, Coastal	Link
Maldonado, JK (2015) Everyday Practices and Symbolic Forms of Resistance: Adapting to Environmental Change in Coastal Louisiana. In Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society: A Cross-Disciplinary Overview, Andrew Collins, ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Inc. Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous, symbolic resistance, Coastal Louisiana	2015	Coastal Louisiana, Southeast
Carlson, A. K., Taylor, W. W., Schlee, K. M., Zorn, T. G., & Infante, D. M. 2015. Projected impacts of climate change on stream salmonids with implications for resilience‐based management. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. Categories: Salmonid, Freshwater Ecology, Climate Modeling, Ecological Restoration, Habitat Suitability Projection	2015	Great Lakes, Midwest	Link
Maldonado, JK, AP Naquin, T Dardar, S Parfait-Dardar and B Bagwell (2015) Above the Rising Tide: Coastal Louisiana’s Tribal Communities Apply Local Strategies and Knowledge to Adapt to Rapid Environmental Change. In Disasters' Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival: Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation. Michèle Companion, ed. Pp. 239-253. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Categories: environmental impact, knowledge exchange, tribe, indigenous	2015	Coastal Louisiana, Southeast	Link
Joling, Dan. 2016. Alaska’s Inuit Link Steady Food Supply to Environment: CBC/Radio-Canada. Categories: Survival of Indigenous Culture, Sustainability, Subsistence Living, Traditional Methods, Cultural Preservation, Climate Resilience.	2015	Alaska, Arctic, Canada, Coastal.	Link
President’s FY2016 Indian Affairs Budget Requests $2.9 Billion to Support Tribal Self-Determination, Strengthen Native American Communities Categories: Budget, Self-Determination, tribe, indigenous	2015	United States	Link
ITEP. 2015. Climate Change and Human Health: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt. Categories: disease, pathogens, food security, traditional diets, climate adaptation, community initiatives, weather patterns, heat, insects, air quality	2015	United States	Link
Swan C, Chief Albert P Naquin and Stanley Tom. 2015. Building Respectul Solutions. Forced Migration Review: Disasters and Displacement in a Changing Climate. Categories: Relocation, tribe, indigenous	2015	United States	Link
Doyle, T.W., Chivoiu, Bogdan, and Enwright, N.M., 2015, Sea-level rise modeling handbook—Resource guide for coastal land managers, engineers, and scientists: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1815, 76 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/pp1815. Categories: Sea-level Rise, Resource Guide, Planning	2015	National, Coastal	Link
ITEP. 2015. Climate Change Mitigation and Solid Waste: Reducing greenhouse gases through municipal solid waste management. Categories: waste management, climate mitigation, climate adaptation, emissions, greenhouse gas, solid waste, tribal health,	2015	United States	Link
Swan, Colleen, Chief Albert P. Naquin, and Stanley Tom. 2015 Building Respectful Solutions. Forced Migration Review: Disasters and Displacement in a Changing Climate, Issue 49. Categories: Forced Migration, Disasters, displacement, tribe, indigenous	2015	Southeast	Link
Review of 2014 Federal Agency Adaptation Plans	2015	National	Link
Tanner, T., Lewis, D., Wrathall, D., Bronen, R., Cradock-Henry, N., Huq, S., Lawless, C., Nawrotzki, R., Prasad, V., Rahman, Md. A., Alaniz, R., King, K., McNamara, K., Nadiruzzaman, Md., Henly- Shepard, S. and Thomalla, F. (2015) Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change, Nature Climate Change 5: 23–26. doi:10.1038/nclimate2431 Categories: Livelihood resilience, Climate change, resilience, human livelihood, agency	2015	Global	Link
Butsic, V.; Kelly, M.; Moritz, M.A. Land Use and Wildfire: A Review of Local Interactions and Teleconnections. Land 2015, 4, 140-156. https://doi.org/10.3390/land4010140 Categories: wildfire, land use, fire management	2015	California, American West	Link
Sampson, Donald. Columbia River Basin Tribes Climate Change Capacity Assessment. Portland State University. 2015. Categories: climate change, climate science, adaptation, vulnerability assessment, planning, mitigation, development, policy	2015	Oregon, Washington state	Link
University of Oregon. 2015. Tribal Climate Change Program. Available at: http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu Categories: American Indians, Climate change, tribe, indigenous	2015		Link
Improving collaboration between Native Americans and climate scientists. 2015. MSU Today. Categories: Climate Science, Research Ethics, Native Climate Science	2015	Great Lakes, East	Link
Northwest Climate Science Center. 2015. Annual Report. Categories: Annual Report, Conservation, Science	2015	Northwest	Link
Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Niles, L. et al. Environ Monit Assess (2015) 187: 102. doi:10.1007/s10661-014-4233-4 Categories: cultural health, traditional foods, revitalization, climate change, population, fisheries, marine health, economy, sociocultural impacts, human health, aviary health	2015	National	Link
US DOI. 2015. Available at: www.DOI.gov Categories: Energy	2015		Link
Whyte, Kyle. 2015. What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples? SSRN. Categories: Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Governance, Science, Climate Impacts	2015	National	Link
Government Accountability Office. 2015. A National System Could Help Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Decision Makers Use Climate Information. Categories: Climate Data, Review	2015	National	Link
Walker, R. 2015. Swinomish Tribe Files Lawsuit to Stop Bakken Crude Oil Trains. Indian Country Today Media Network. April 9, 2015. Available at: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/04/09/swinomish-tribe-files-lawsuit-stop-bakken-crude-oil-trains-159938 Categories: Lawsuit, Swinomish, Bakken Crude Oil, Transportation, tribe, indigenous	2015	Pacfic Northwest	Link
Vinyeta K, Whyte KP, Lynn K. 2015. Climate change through an intersectional lens: gendered vulnerability and resilience in indigenous communities in the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-923. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. Categories: Indigenous peoples, climate change vulnerability, resilience, gender, identity	2015	National	Link
Welch, Craig. 2015. Why Alaska’s Inupiat Are Warming to Offshore Oil Drilling. The National Geographic http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150522-Inupiat-Shell-offshore-oil-Arctic-Alaska-ocean-whale-sea/ (accessed June 24, 2015) Categories: Offshore oil drilling, Inupiat, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Categories: Public Health, adaptation, preparedness, air quality, climate change, extreme events	2015	National	Link
Wilson, N. J., Walter, M. T., & Waterhouse, J. (2015). Indigenous Knowledge of Hydrologic Change in the Yukon River Basin: A Case Study of Ruby, Alaska. ARCTIC, 68(1), 93-106. Categories: Climate change, Indigenous knowledge of water, socio-hydrology, river dynamics, Water Resources, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska	Link
Whyte, Kyle. 2015. The Ethics of Traditional Knowledge Exchange in Climate Change Initiatives. Earthzine. Categories: Ethics, Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Climate Initiatives	2015	National, International	Link
Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Niles, L. et al. Environ Monit Assess (2015) 187: 102. doi:10.1007/s10661-014-4233-4 Categories: Indicators, Human health, Ecological health, Endpoints, Cultural health, Subsistence, climate change, fisheries, conservation	2015	Northwest Coast	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.