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
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
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
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
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
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
Rising Voices: Collaborative Science for Climate Solutions. 2015. Recommendations to the UNFCCC 21st Conference of Parties. Categories: Policy, Adaptation, Climate Impacts, Indigenous Peoples	2015	National	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
LCC Network Conservation Science Plan - Version 1.0. 2015. Categories: Conservation, Landscape Management, Climate Adaptation, Science	2015	National	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
Strauss, B. H., Kulp, S. and Levermann, A. 2015. Mapping Choices: Carbon, Climate, and Rising Seas, Our Global Legacy. Climate Central Research Report. pp. 1-38. Categories: Sea level rise, populations at risk	2015	International, Global	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
Maldonado, J., Bennett, T.M.B., Chief, K., Cochran, P., Cozzetto, K., Gough, B., Hiza Redsteer, M., Lynn, K. and Maynard, N., 2015, Engagement With Indigenous Peoples and Honoring Traditional Knowledge Systems; Journal of Climatic Change. Categories: National Climate Assessment, tribes, climate change	2015	National	Link
Mauger, G.S., J.H. Casola, H.A. Morgan, R.L. Strauch, B. Jones, B. Curry, T.M. Busch lSaksen, L. Whitely Binder, M.B. Krosby, and A.K. Snover. 2015. State of Knowledge. Climate Change in Puget Sound. Report repared for the Puget Sound Partnership and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate Impacts Group. University of Washington, Seattle. Doi: 10.7915/CIG93777D Categories: Assessment, Synthesis, Summary, Climate Data, Puget Sound	2015	Pacific Northwest, Washington, Puget Sound	Link
Carter, Lynne M., James W. Jones, Leonard Berry, Virginia Burkett, James F. Murley, JayanthaCarter, Lynne M., James W. Jones, Leonard Berry, Virginia Burkett, James F. Murley, Jayantha Obeysekera, Paul J. Schramm, and David Wear 2014 Ch. 17: Southeast and the Caribbean. In Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. Jerry M. Melillo, Terese Richmond, and Gary W. Yohe, eds. Pp. 396-417. Washington, DC: U.S. Global Change Research Program. Categories: Climate change, Southeast, Caribbean, Sea Level Rise, Increasing Temperatures, Water Resources	2014	Southeast	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
EcoAdapt. 2014. A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Aquatic Resources in the Tongass National Forest. EcoAdapt, Bainbridge Island, WA. Categories: Southeast Alaska, hydrology, adaptation, resilience, climate projections, conservation, sustainability	2014	Alaska	Link
Chapin, Stuart, F. , III, Trainor, Sarah F., Cochran, Patricia, Huntington, Henry P., Markon, Carl, McCammon, Molly, McGuire, David A., and Mark Serreze. 2014. Chapter 22: Alaska. 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, 514-536. doi:10.7930/J00Z7150. Categories: Climate change, Alaska, tribe, indigenous, sea ice, glaciers, Thawing Permafrost, Ocean Temperatures and Chemistry, Native Communities	2014	Alaska, Arctic	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
Shanley, C.S. and Albert, D.M., 2014. Climate change sensitivity index for Pacific salmon habitat in southeast Alaska. PloS one, 9(8), p.e104799. Categories: Southeast Alaska, first foods, salmon, hydrology, resilience, conservation, adaptation, climate projections	2014	Alaska	Link
Chief K. Daigle, J. Lynn K. Whyte, K. (2014) "Indigenous Experiences in the US Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship in the Anthropocene" Categories: Adaptation, Forests, Culture, Traditional Knowledge, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States
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
DOI. 2014. Meeting Materials, March 11-13, 2014. Southeast Alaska and Southcentral Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. Categories: Southeast Alaska, sea otter, climate change, customary and traditional use, fisheries, food security, subsistence, commercial, Stikine River, management, policy, permit, tribal concerns, Chugach National Forest, Tongass National Forest, vulnerability assessment, regional action plan	2014	Alaska	Link
Climate and Traditional Knowledges Workgroup (CTKW) (2014) Guidelines for considering traditional knowledges in climate change initiatives, Brochure. https://climatetkw.wordpress.com Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Adaptation, resilience	2014	Global	Link
United States, Congress, National Agricultural Statistics Service. “2012 Census of Agriculture; American Indian Reservations.” 2012 Census of Agriculture; American Indian Reservations, vol. 2, ser. 5, USDA, 2014. 5. Categories: agriculture, reservations, farming, ranching, data, research	2014	Reservations	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
ITEP. 2014. Climate Change and Water Resources: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt. Categories: climate adaptation. climate mitigation, water health, infrastructure, sea level, acidification, drought, flood, water access, fact sheet	2014	United States	Link
NOAA, 2014. Status Review of Southeast Alaska Herring (Clupea pallasi): Threats Evaluation and Extinction Risk Analysis. National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region. Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, herring, pacific herring, fisheries, habitat, spawning, stream influence	2014	Alaska	Link
Danielsen, F., Topp-Jørgensen, E., Levermann, N., Løvstrøm, P., Schiøtz, M., Enghoff, M., and Jakobsen, P. 2014. Counting what counts: Using local knowledge to improve Arctic resource management. Polar Geography 37(1):69 – 91. Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, local knowledge, Arctic, resource management, tribe, indigenous	2014	Arctic	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

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.