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
Dasher, D., Lomax, T. 2004. 2004 Southeast Alaska Coastal Survey Environmental Status. Alaska Department of Conservation, Division of Water Quality and Restoration, Alaska Monitoring and Assessment Program, Juneau, AK. Categories: Southeast Alaska, coastal change, coastline, climate change, marine resources, fisheries, water quality, sediment quality, conservation, adaptation, monitoring	2004	Alaska	Link
Christensen, K., 2003: Cooperative Drought Contingency Plan - Hualapai Reservation. Hualapai Tribe Department of Natural Resources, Peach Springs, AZ. URL ↩ Categories: Drought Contingency Plan, Hualapai, tribe, indigenous	2003	Southwest	Link
DOC, 2003: Statement of Associate Administrator Levy on the Status of Telecommunications in Indian Country, US Department of Commerce to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Hearing on the Status of Telecommunications in Indian Country. May 22, 2003. U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. URL ↩ Categories: Telecommunications, tribe, indigenous	2003	United States
Fox, Shari. 2003. When the Weather is Uggianaqtuq: Inuit Observations of Environmental Change. Boulder, Colorado USA: University of Colorado Geography Department Cartography Lab. Distributed by National Snow and Ice Data Center. CD-ROM http://nsidc.org/data/docs/arcss/arcss122/index.html Categories: ARCSS Data Coordination Center, Baker Lake, Clyde River, Traditional Knowledge, Inuitt, Inuit climate knowledge, NSIDC, Nunavut, Weather, Seasonal Temperature Changes Topographic Maps, Traditional Knowledge, Weather Unpredictability, tribe, indigenous	2003	Arctic
Landsberg, B. K., 2003: Major Acts of Congress. Includes Indian General Allotment Act (Dawes Act) (1887). Gale/Cengage Learning, 1178 pp.↩ Categories: tribe, indigenous, Allotment Act, Dawes Act	2003
Rizzo, D.M., and Garbelotto, M. (2003) Sudden Oak Death: Endangering California and Oregon Forest Ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol. 1, No.5, p. 197-204. Categories: Sudden Oak Death, California, Oregon, coastal forests	2003	Northwest	Link
Tano, M. L., J. M. Rubin, and K. C. Denham, 2003: Identifying the Burdens and Opportunities for Tribes and Communities in Federal Facility Cleanup Activities: Environmental Remediation Technology Assessment Matrix For Tribal and Community Decision-Makers. 65 pp., The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Denver, CO. URL ↩ Categories: resource management, tribe, indigenous	2003		Link
Thorpe, Natasha, N. Hakongak, Eyegetok, Sandra, and the Kitikmeot Elders. 2003. Thunder on the Tundra. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit of the Bathurst Caribou. Vancouver: Tuktu and Nogak Project Categories: subsistence, Culture, Inuit Qaujimajatunqangit (IQ), Traditional Knowledge, Bathurst caribou, Nunavit, tribe, indigenous	2003	Arctic
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, 2003: A Quiet Crisis: Federal Funding and Unmet Needs in Indian Country. 139 pp.URL ↩ Categories: tribe, indigenous, federal funding	2003
UNEP, 2007: Global Outlook for Ice and Snow. United Nations Environment Programme. URL ↩ Categories: Snow, sea ice, Ice Sheets, Glaciers and Ice Caps, Frozen Ground, River and Lake Ice, policy	2003	Global	Link
Aporta, Claudio. 2002. Life on the ice: understanding the codes of a changing environment. Polar Record 38: 341-354. Categories: sea ice, environmental change, tribe, indigenous	2002	Arctic, Coastal	Link
Arnakak, Jaypeetee. 2002. Incorporation of Inuit Qaujimanituqangit, or Inuit traditional knowledge, into the Government of Nunavut. The Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development 3(1):Knowledge Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Inuit traditional knowledge, Qaujimanituqangit (IQ), Sustainable Development, tribe, indigenous	2002	Canada, Arctic	Link
Berkes, Fikret. 2002. Epilogue: Making Sense of Arctic Environmental Change? In The Earth is Faster Now: Indigenous Observations of Arctic Environmental Change. Krupnik, Igor, and Dyanna Jolly, eds. Fairbanks: ARCUS, pp. 334–349. Categories: Climate change, Health, Inuit, Traditional Knowledge, tribe, indigenous	2002	Arctic, Alaska	Link
Feltz, J.M., Moreau, M., Prins, E., McClaid-Cook, K., and Brown, I.F. (2002) Recent Validation Studies of the GOES Wildfire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm (WF_ABBA). In North and South America, p. 7.3-7.9. Categories: Wildfire, Biomass	2002		Link
Furgal, Chris., Martin, D., Gosselin, P., Viau, A., Labrador Inuit Association, and Nunavik Regional Board of Social Services. 2002. Climate Change in Nunavik and Labrador: What we know from science and Inuit ecological knowledge. Final project report prepared for Climate Change Action Fund. Beauport, Québec. Categories: tribe, indigenous, Climate change, traditional knowledges, Science	2002
Krupnik, Igor, and Jolly, Dyanna (eds.). 2002. The Earth is Faster Now: Indigenous Observations of Arctic Environmental Change. Fairbanks, Alaska: Arctic Research Consortium of the United States. 384 pp. ISBN 0-9720449-0-6. Categories: Arctic, indigenous knowledge, tribe, indigenous	2002	Arctic
Maynard NG, ed. (2002) Native peoples-native homelands climate change workshop report. U.S. national assessment on climate Change. U.S. Global Change Research Program, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. Categories: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Climate change, Traditional Knowledge, Place, tribe, indigenous	2002	United States	Link
Norton, David. 2002. Coastal sea ice watch: Private confessions of a convert to indigenous knowledge. In The Earth Is Faster Now. Indigenous Observations of Arctic Environmental Change. Igor Krupnik and Dyanna Jolly, eds. Fairbanks: ARCUS, pp. 127–155 Categories: climate change scenario, tribe, indigenous	2002
Redsteer, M. Hiza (2002) Factors effecting dune mobility on the Navajo Nation, Arizona, USA. Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Aeolian Research and The Global Change & Terrestrial Ecosystem-Soil Erosion Network, July 22-25, 2002, Lubbock Texas, USA: International Center for Arid and Semiarid Lands Studies, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas, USA Publication number 02-2, p.385 Categories: tribe, indigenous, Navajo Nation, Sand dune	2002
Ashford, G. and J. Castelden. 2001. Inuit observations on climate change. Final Report. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Winnipeg. Categories: tribe, indigenous	2001	Arctic, Canada, Alaska, Greenland	Link
Cruikshank, J. (2001) Glaciers and Climate Change: Perspectives from Oral Tradition. Arctic Journal Vol. 54, No. 4 P. 377– 393 Categories: environmental change, exploration narratives, Gulf of Alaska, Little Ice Age, oral tradition, science studies, Traditional Knowledge, Yukon, tribe, indigenous	2001	Arctic
Deloria, Jr, V., and D. Wildcat, 2001: Power and Place: Indian Education in America. Fulcrum Publishing, 176 pp.↩ Categories: American Indians, Education, tribe, indigenous	2001	United States
Fenge, T. 2001. Inuit and climate change. Isuma 2(4):79–85. Categories: tribe, indigenous	2001
Cruikshank, J., 2001. Glaciers and climate change: perspectives from oral tradition. Arctic, pp.377-393. Categories: Southeast Alaska, environmental change, exploration narratives, Gulf of Alaska, Little Ice Age, oral tradition, science studies, traditional knowledge, Yukon, theory, western science, Indigenous sciences, glacier, social change, TEK, policy	2001	Alaska	Link
Hoxie, F. E., 2001: A Final Promise: The Campaign to Assimilate the Indians, 1880-1920. University of Nebraska Press.↩ Categories: Assimilation, tribe, indigenous	2001	United States
Inuit Circumpolar Conference (ICC). 2001. Statement by Violet Ford of the ICC. From consultation to partnership: Engaging Inuit on Climate Change. Silarjualiriniq: Inuit in Gloabal Issues 7:2–4. Categories: tribe, indigenous, Climate change	2001	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Riedlinger, Dyanna. 2001. Responding to climate change in northern communities: impacts and adaptations. Arctic 54(1):96–98/ Categories: tribe, indigenous	2001		Link
Kimmerer, Robin & Lake, Frank. (2001). Maintaining the Mosaic: The role of indigenous burning in land management. Journal of Forestry. 99. 36-41. Categories: land management, forest management, indigenous burning, traditional knowledge, TEK	2001		Link
Sila Alangotok. 2001. Inuit Observations on Climate Change. Winnipeg, International Institute of Sustainable Development. Categories: tribe, indigenous, Inuit knowledge	2001	Arctic	Link
Whitehorse Declaration. 2001. Whitehorse Declaration on Northern Climate Change. Proceedings of climate change in the Circumpolar North: Summit and Sustainable technology Exposition, 19–21 March 2001, Whitehorse. Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous, knowledge	2001	Arctic	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.