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.

Rising sea levels are forcing an indigenous tribe from home and could be an example of the future

Type

Literature

Publication

Rising sea levels are forcing an indigenous tribe from home and could be an example of the future.

Year Published

2016

Organization

Public Radio International

Description

Leaders of the indigenous tribe from Louisiana's Isle de Jean Charles say they want to help other low-lying communities around the world cope with sea level rise. "We know we aren't the only ones," says Chantel Comardelle, a Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indian who claims the Isle de Jean Charles as home. "This isn't just about us."

Geography

Southeast

Bayou

Florida

Website

https://theworld.org/stories/2016-07-12/rising-sea-levels-are-forcing-indigenou…

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.