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
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
Himes-Cornell, A., & Kasperski, S. (2015). Assessing climate change vulnerability in Alaska's fishing communities. Fisheries Research, 162, 1-11. Categories: Traditional foods, Climate change, Fishing, Alaska, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	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
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
Houck, Oliver A. 2015 The Reckoning: Oil and Gas Development in the Louisiana Coastal Zone. Tulane Environmental Law Journal 28(2):185-296. Categories: Old and Gas Industry, Development, Coastal Louisiana	2015	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
Hummel S. Lake FK. (2015) "Forest Site Classification for Cultural Plant Harvest by Tribal Weavers can Inform Management" Forest Ecology. Categories: blended scientific method, forest structure, cultural plants, silviculture, basketry, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), tribe, indigenous	2015	Northwest	Link
Categories: Public Health, adaptation, preparedness, air quality, climate change, extreme events	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
ICTMN Staff. 2015. Bakken-Crude-Hauling Oil Train Explodes in North Dakota, Town Evacuated. Indian Country Today Media Network: Categories: oil industry, tribe, indigenous	2015	Midwest	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
Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Portal Categories: indigenous, Climate change	2015	International	Link
Knapp C.N., Trainor S. F. 2015. Alaskan stakeholder-defined research needs in the context of climate change. Polar Geography. Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Culture, Climate change, Worldviews, Stakeholder-defined research, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Wood M. (2014) "Tribal Environmental Leaders summit keynote address: Tribal Trustees in Climate Change" Categories: American Indian Law, Land Management, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Kelly E, Gosnell H. 2014. Who Will Own the Mazama? Tribal Power and Forest Ownership in the Klamath Basin. Humboldt journal of social relations. 36: 102-117 Categories: Forest resources, Klamath Basin, tribe, indigenous	2014	Northwest	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
Larsen, J.N., O.A. Anisimov, A. Constable, A.B. Hollowed, N. Maynard, P. Prestrud, T.D. Prowse, and J.M.R. Stone. 2014. Polar Regions. In: Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Part B: Regional Aspects. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [Barros, V.R., C.B. Field, D.J. Dokken, M.D. Mastrandrea, K.J. Mach, T.E. Bilir, M. Chatterjee, K.L. Ebi, Y.O. Estrada, R.C. Genova, B. Girma, E.S. Kissel, A.N. Levy, S. MacCracken, P.R. Mastrandrea, and L.L. White (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, pp. 1567-1612. Categories: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, vulnerability	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
Laska, Shirley Tony Laska, Bob Gough, Jack Martin, Albert Naquin, and Kristina Peterson. 2014. Proposal for Isle de Jean Charles Relocation Planning. Indigenous Roots for Sustainable Futures: Proactive Solutions for a Time of Change. Categories: Relocation, resilience, tribe, indigenous	2014	Coastal Louisiana, Southeast	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
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
Lennert, Mitdlarak. 2014. Greenland’s legal framework for non-renewable resource exploitation: The challenges of creating transparent public consultation processes. In Joan Nymand Larsen and Gail Fondahl, eds. Arctic Human Development Report. Regional Processes and Global Linkages. Copenhagen: Nordic Council of Ministers, pp. 276–280. Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, indigenous knowledge, tribe, indigenous	2014	Arctic	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
Luber, G., K. Knowlton, J. Balbus, H. Frumkin, M. Hayden, J. Hess, M. McGeehin, N. Sheats, L. Backer, C. B. Beard, K. L. Ebi, E. Maibach, R. S. Ostfeld, C. Wiedinmyer, E. Zielinski-Gutiérrez, and L. Ziska, 2014: Ch. 9: Human Health. 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, 220-256. doi:10.7930/J0PN93H5. Categories: Climate change, Human Health, health impacts	2014	United States	Link
Maldonado, J. K., Colombi, B., & Pandya, R. (2014). Climate change and indigenous peoples in the United States: Impacts, experiences and actions. Springer International Publishing. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05266-3 Categories: Climate change, indigenous, tribe	2014	United States	Link
Maldonado, Julie Koppel. 2014a A Multiple Knowledge Approach for Adaptation to Environmental Change: Lessons Learned from Coastal Louisiana’s Tribal Communities. Journal of Political Ecology 21:61-82. Categories: Adaptation, Relocation, coastal Lousiana, Multiple knowledge approach, tribe, indigenous	2014	Southeast	Link
Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 2014.Yakutat Comprehensive Salmon Plan: Phase II. Developed by Yakutat Regional Planning Team. Categories: Southeast Alaska, Yakutat, NCSA, Native Allotment Act, Native Townsite Act, "local utilization” (79), subsistence, customary, traditional, fisheries, salmon, adaptation plans, vulnerability assessment	2014	Alaska	Link
Maldonado, Julie Koppel. 2014c. Facing the Rising Tide: Co-occurring Disasters, Displacement, and Adaptation in Coastal Louisiana’s Tribal Communities. Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Anthropology, American University. Categories: vulnerability, Adaptation, impacts (livelihoods, Health, cultural), Relocation, Coastal Louisiana, tribe, indigenous	2014	Southeast	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.