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
United States Forest Service. 2017. Tribal Relations News and Events, Summer 2017. Categories: Tribal relations, collaboration, interagency, federal assistance, trust relationship, Shawnee, Tlingit, Cherokee, Hopi, Apache, huckleberries	2017	Washington state, Oklahoma, National, United States	Link
Philippe. 2017. Food forests are helping these Native American reservations eat healthier. Categories: climate change, seasonal migration, food production, food justice, social justice, climate justice, human health, noncommunicable diseases, local, sustainable, diet, nutrition, education, access	2017	National	Link
Banerjee, N., Hirji, Z. 2017.Fighting Climate Change Can Be a Lonely Battle in Oil Country, Especially for a Kid. Categories: climate change, fossil fuels, Louisiana, environmentalism, social justice, environmental justice, emissions regulations	2017	Louisiana, United States, National	Link
A Just Resilience. Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center. August 20, 2017. Categories: climate change, Charlottesville, racism, white supremacy, social inequality, Trump Administration, white house	2017	National, United States	Link
Barrera, S. 2017. Cherokee playwright tackles love, climate change at Autry. Categories: playwright, theater, climate justice, climate change, court, law, legislation, planning, policy	2017	United States	Link
“Carbon Pricing; A Critical Perspective for Community Resistance.” Carbon Pricing; A Critical Perspective for Community Resistance, www.ienearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Carbon-Pricing-A-Critical-Perspective-for-Community-Resistance-Online-Version.pdf. Categories: carbon emissions, carbon pricing, climate change, indigenous, environmental justice, climate justice, fossil fuels	2017	National	Link
Lee, J. 2017. There Are Climate Change Refugees in the U.S. Right Now. Categories: climate change, refugee, relocation, natural disaster, hazard, victims, human health, community justice, social justice	2017	Untied States	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
McKenna, Phil. 2017. Alaska's Grizzly Bears Drop Salmon for Berries as Climate Changes. Categories: climate change, alaska, Kodiak, grizzly bear, brown bear, salmon, seasonal diet, elderberries, berries, ecology	2017	Alaska, Pacific Northwest Coast, North Pacific, Northwest	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
Dockter, A. 2017. Native Nations Address Climate Change Challenges with Tools of Collaboration. Categories: climate change, natural disaster, hazard, human health, community, social justice, conservation, management, policy, adaptation, mitigation	2017	National, United States	Link
Mjoseth, J. 2017. The Importance of Research Ethics to Native Communities. HHS. Categories: TEK, intellectual property, protection, preservation, conservation, legislation, research, ethics	2017	National	Link
Marsh, Rene. 2017. Trump administration dismisses climate change advisory panel. Categories: climate change, Trump administration, white house, advisory panel, climate science, politics, legislation	2017	National, United States	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
Mundahl, E. 2017. Tribes’ Statement on Paris Agreement Shows Limits of Tribal Authority. Categories: climate change, paris climate agreement, Trump Administration, sovereignty, self-determination, self-governance, limited authority, social justice, environmental justice	2017	National, United States	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
Visser, Nick. 2017. Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Agency Website. Again. Categories: climate change, Trump administration, white house, anti-science, climate change denial,	2017	National	Link
AMS. 2017. State of the Climate in 2016. Categories: climate change, meteorology, carbon emissions, expectations, observations	2017	International, Global	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
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
Hsiang, S., Kopp, R., Jina, A., Rising, J., Delgado, M., Mohan, S., Rasmussen, D.J., Muir-Wood, R., Wilson, P., Oppenheimer, M. and Larsen, K., 2017. Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States. Science, 356(6345), pp.1362-1369. Categories: climate change, weather patterns, precipitation, short-term, climate science, projections,	2017	United States	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
McNeeley, S.M., 2017. Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation in Indian Country. Weather, Climate, and Society, 9(3), pp.393-404. Categories: climate change, conservation, management, legislation, societal impacts, policy, natural resources, cultural resources	2017	National	Link
Fatorić, S. and Seekamp, E., 2017. Evaluating a decision analytic approach to climate change adaptation of cultural resources along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Land Use Policy, 68, pp.254-263.	2017	Northeast, Atlantic Coast	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
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
Mohney, G. 2017. How climate change and air pollution can affect your health. Categories: climate change, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, human health, disease, death	2017	National, United States	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
USGS. 2017. Model development for climate-driven impacts to berry resources in Alaska. Categories: berries, conservation, management, sustainability, planning, policy, projections	2017	Alaska	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.