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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Brubaker, Mike; Flensburg, Sue; Skarada, Jennifer. 2014. Climate Change and Health Effects in Bristol Bay Region of Alaska. [powerpoint]. Alaska Strategies for Community Health. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: Center for Climate and Health, Anchorage. Categories: Climate change, Indigenous health, Bristol Bay, Alaska, Arctic, tribe, indigenous	2014	Alaska, Arctic	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
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina. 2014. The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System: U.S. OBLIGATIONS UNDER HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES: ICCPR 2014 & UPR 2011. Categories: Human Rights, United States Government, International Law	2014	International, National	Link
Rising Voices. 2014a Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions. Workshop Report. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, June 30-July 2. Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, traditional knowledges, declining sea ice, Health, hazards, Relocation, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Norgaard, K. 2014. Karuk Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge Sovereignty: Social Cultural and economic Impacts of Denied Access to Traditional Management. Prepared for Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources. Categories: Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Climate Impacts, Knowledge Sovereignty, Self-Determination, Self-Governance, Climate Impacts, Natural Resource Management, Collaboration, Co-Management, Prescribed Burns	2014	Pacific Northwest, California, Northwest
Donatuto, J., E.E. Grossman, J. Konovsky, S. Grossman and L.W. Campbell. 2014. Indigenous community health and climate change: Integrating biophysical and social science indicators. Coastal Management Journal, 42(4): 355-373. Categories: Climate change, community health, Impact Assessment, indigenous, sea-level rise, shellfish, shoreline armoring, tribe	2014	Northwest, Canada	Link
Rising Voices. 2014b Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions – Water Quality and Quantity Group Report. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, June 30-July 2. Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, variability, water rights, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Norgaard, K. 2014.Retaining Knowledge Sovereignty: Expanding the Application of Tribal Traditional Knowledge on Forest Lands in the Face of Climate Change. Prepared for the Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources. Categories: Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Knowledge Sovereignty, Natural Resource Management, Climate Impacts	2014	Northwest, California
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) 2014 EPA to Assist Seminole Tribe of Florida Bolster Climate Resilience and Readiness. November 19. http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C2F26C95B9833DE085257D950079C3A2 Categories: EPA, climate resilience, Seminole tribe, water utilities	2014	Southeast	Link
Smith, L. M., Wade, C. M., Case, J. L., Harwell, L. C., Straub, K. R., & Summers, J. K. (2014). Evaluating the Transferability of a US Human Well-Being Index (HWBI) Framework to Native American Populations. Social Indicators Research, 1-26. Categories: wellbeing, index, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States
Fisher M. 2014. Native American Tribe Prepares for Climate Change with the Help of a Soil Scientist. Soil Horizons. Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, resource management, tribe, indigenous	2014	Southwest	Link
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2014) Assessment of American Indian Housing Needs and Programs: Final Report. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, Washington DC. Categories: Housing, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Ford, J. D., Willox, A. C., Chatwood, S., Furgal, C., Harper, S., Mauro, I., & Pearce, T. (2014). Adapting to the effects of climate change on Inuit health. American journal of public health, 104(S3), e9-e17. Categories: Alaska Natives, Health, Climate change, tribe, indigenous	2014	Arctic, Alaska	Link
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2014) "Report on the meeting on available tools for the use of indigenous and traditional knowledge and practices for adaptation, needs of local and indigenous communities and the application of gender-sensitive approaches and tools for adaptation" Categories: traditional knowledges, Adaptation, gender, tribe, indigenous	2014	Global	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
Ford, James D., McDowell, Graham, and Julie Jones. 2014. The state of climate change adaptation in the Arctic. Environmental Research Letters 9. Doi:10.1088/1748-9326/9/10/104005 Categories: Arctic, Climate change, Adaptation, systematic review, adaptation tracking, monitoring and evaluation, tribe, indigenous	2014	Arctic	Link
USDA, Forest Service (US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service) (2014) Memorandum of Understanding Among the Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians North Carolina Arboretum and Germplasm Repository U.S. Geological Survey, N. Carolina Water Science Center and the USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. FS Agreement Number 14-MU-11330101-076 Categories: partnership, Natural Resources, Cultural Resources, tribe, indigenous	2014	Southeast	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
Georgakakos, A., P. Fleming, M. Dettinger, C. Peters-Lidard, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, K. Reckhow, K. White, and D. Yates, 2014: Ch. 3: Water Resources. 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, 69-112. doi:10.7930/ J0G44N6T. Categories: Climate change, Water Resources, precipitation, Drought, Flooding, Groundwater, Coastal Aquifers, Wetlands, Lakes and rivers, water demand, water resource, Management, Adaptation	2014	United States	Link
Walsh, John, Donald Wuebbles, Katharine Hayhoe, James Kossin, Kenneth Kunkel, Graeme Stephens, Peter Thorne, Russell Vose, Michael Wehner, Josh Willis, David Anderson, Scott Doney, Richard Feely, Paula Hennon, Vlatcheslav Kharin, Thomas Knutson, Felix Landerer, Tim Lenton, John Kennedy, and Richard Somerville (2014) Ch. 2: Our Changing Climate. In Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. Jerry M. Melillo, Terese Richmond, and Gary W. Yohe, eds. Pp. 19-67. Washington, DC: U.S. Global Change Research Program. Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, risk, vulnerability, assessment, sea ice	2014	United States	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
Hatfield, J., G. Takle, R. Grotjahn, P. Holden, R. C. Izaurralde, T. Mader, E. Marshall, and D. Liverman, 2014: Ch. 6: Agri- culture. 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, 150-174. doi:10.7930/J02Z13FR Categories: Climate change, articulture resources, Weeds, Diseases, Pests, Soil erosion, Drought, Adaptation, Food Security	2014	United States	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.