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
Sankey, J. B., Kreitler, J., Hawbaker, T. J., McVay, J. L., Miller, M. E., Mueller, E. R., . . . Sankey, T. T. (2017). Climate, wildfire, and erosion ensemble foretells more sediment in western USA watersheds. Geophysical Research Letters. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2017GL073979. Categories: climate change, wildfire, erosion, water quality, water supply, watershed health, sedimentation	2017	United States	Link
Littel, Jeremy. 2017. Practical Notes on Using Climate Predictions in Alaska. Department of the Interior, USGS, Alaska Climate Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate science, climate change, climate modeling, climate projections, global climate projections, downscaling, regional climate projections, precipitation, temperature,	2017	Alaska	Link
Lipton, E., Meier, B. 2017. Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands. The New York Times. Categories: coal, emissions, green house gases, climate change, industry, regulations, policy, planning, legislation, jobs, employment, economy, export,	2017	United States, National	Link
Popovich, N. 2017. Trump’s Executive Order Pushes the U.S. Climate Pledge Further Out of Reach. New York Times. Categories: climate change, emissions, standards, greenhouse gasses, regulations, deregulated	2017	National	Link
Gregg, R.M. 2017. Incorporating climate change in marine use plans for British Columbia’s First Nations. Summary of a project of the Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast. Categories: climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science	2017	Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia	Link
Holden, Emily, 2017. Was the Clean Power Plan Really Bad for the Economy? Categories: greenhouse gas regulations, deregulated, coal, natural gas, Clean Power Plan, Trump Administration, energy, footprint	2017	National	Link
SBS. 2017. US won't budge on climate change despite Indigenous groups and Arctic nations' pleas. Categories: climate change, arctic, Alaska, legislation, Trump Administration, global warming	2017	Arctic, Alaska	Link
Blackfeet Nation. 2017. Holistic Conservation is Not New to the Blackfeet Nation. Categories: climate change, stewardship, planning, management, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, Tradition, cultural practices	2017	Montana	Link
Eilperin, J., Dennis, B. 2017. Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record. Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record Categories: EPA, coal emissions, greenhouse gas regulations, energy, clean energy, alternative, climate change, mitigation, policy	2017	National, Global	Link
Webber, T., Brown, M. 2017. Environmentalists, tribe file lawsuit over Trump climate order. Categories: climate change, emissions, carbon, clean air, air quality, human health, youth, children, future, generations,	2017	National, International, Washington D.C.	Link
Geiling, Natasha. 2017. Climate change is already forcing U.S. communities to abandon their homes. Think Progress. Categories: climate change, relocation, natural disaster, hazard, human health, land loss, adaptation, legislation	2017	National	Link
n.a. 2017. Prof. Rebecca Tsosie: Current Issues in Intellectual Property Rights to Cultural Resources. Native American Rights Fund. Categories: United Nations, UNDRIP, Indigenous rights, intellectual property, TEK, cultural practices, traditions, legislation, policy	2017	International, Global, United States	Link
Davenport, C., Rubin, A. J. 2017Trump Signs Executive Order Unwinding Obama Climate Policies. Categories: coal emissions, greenhouse gas regulations, deregulated, Clean Power Act, Trump administration, EPA, climate change, mitigation	2017	National, International	Link
Rogers, Nala. 2017. Tapping Traditional Wisdom to Cope with Climate Change. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, traditional knowledge, social justice, cross-agency collaboration, communication science, climate science, climate predictions, projections, planning, policy, research, indigenous science	2017	Global, International, Indian Country	Link
Light, John. 2017. Kids Suing Trump Hope the Courts Step Up on Climate Change. Bill Moyers. Categories: climate change, litigation, legislation, supreme court, trump administration, supreme court, OCT, Our Children's Trust	2017	National	Link
Dhillon, C.M., 2017. Using citizen science in environmental justice: participation and decision-making in a Southern California waste facility siting conflict. Local Environment, pp.1-18. Categories: climate change, planning, policy, management, zoning, development, waste programs, community, collaboration	2017	National, United States	Link
Whitehouse. 2016. Federal Drought Plan. Categories: Drought, Planning, Climate Impacts, management, planning, policy, legislation, contingency, climate change, Obama archive	2016.	National	Link
Darryl Fears. 2016. Scientists say climate change is threatening the lifeblood of Canada’s native people. Washington Post. Categories: Climate Impacts, Species Decline, Salmon	2016.	Alaska, National, International (Canada)	Link
Why Native American Tribes Are In McCall To Plan For Climate Change. Boise State. 2016. Categories: climate change, traditional foods, drought, salmon, water rights, wildfires	2016.	United States, Northwest	Link
Norton-Smith, Kathryn; Lynn, Kathy; Chief, Karletta; Cozzetto, Karen; Donatuto, Jamie; Hiza Redsteer, Margaret; Kruger, Linda E.; Maldonado, Julie; Viles, Carson; Whyte, Kyle P. 2016. Climate change and indigenous peoples: a synthesis of current impacts and experiences. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-944. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 136 p. Categories: climate change, adaptation, TEK, traditional knowledge, mitigation, sovereignty,	2016	National	Link
NOAA Sentinel Site Cooperative. n.d. Keeping Pace: A short guide to navigating sea-level rise models. Categories: Sea-level Rise, Climate Modeling	2016	National, International	Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Children. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: health risks, children, socioeconomic, climate change, biohazard, vulnerability, exposure	2016	International	Link
Young people facing climate change. Native America Calling. 2016. Categories: climate science, climate change, fire hazard, food security, weather patterns	2016	National, International	Link
Nathan Gilles. 2016. A World Aflame. Oregon Quarterly. Categories: Climate Impacts, Wildfire, Tribal Adaptation	2016	Northwest	Link
McDonald, Rachael. Siletz Tribe Acquires Salmon Habitat On Central Coast. 2016. Categories: salmon, marine, estuary, wetlands, food sovereignty	2016	Oregon Coast	Link
EPA. Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: social justice, climate change, socioeconomic, race, citizenship, low-income, biohazard, accessibility, education	2016	International, United States	Link
Landis, Ben. Art Helps a Scientific Collaboration Come to Life. TEE. 2016. Categories: Dine, Navajo Nation, NASA, climate science, risk assessment, weather patterns, natural disasters, hazards	2016	National, Navajo territories, and Midwest	Link
Carolyn van Houten. The First Official Climate Refugees in the U.S. Race Against Time. 2016. National Geographic Online. Categories: Climate Adaptation, Relocation, Climate Refugee, Isle de Jean Charles, Isle de Jean Charles band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe	2016	Southeast, Gulf of Mexico	Link
Swanston, Christopher W. Janowiak, Maria K. Brandt, Leslie A. Butler, Patricia R. Handler, Stephen D. Shannon, P. Danielle Derby Lewis, Abigail Hall, Kimberly Fahey, Robert T. Scott, Lydia Kerber, Angela Miesbauer, Jason W. Darling, Lindsay. Forest Adaptation Resources: Climate Change Tools and Approaches for Land Managers, 2nd Edition. USDA. 2016.	2016	National	Link
Jeff Smith. 2016. Rising Voices melds indigenous, western science perspectives. UCAR AtmosNews. Categories: Climate Science, Collaboration, Climate Impacts	2016	National, International	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.