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 descending Geography Website
University of Oregon. 2015. Tribal Climate Change Program. Available at: http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu

Categories: American Indians, Climate change, tribe, indigenous

2015 Link
Saperstein, A. 2015. Climate Change, Migration, and the Puget Sound Region: What We Know and How We Could Learn More. Report prepared for the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group. The Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, Seattle.

Categories: Human Migration, Climate Impacts, Research

2015 Pacific Northwest, Washington, Puget Sound Link
US DOI. 2015. Available at: www.DOI.gov

Categories: Energy

2015 Link
Sydeman, W.J., E. Poloczanska, T.E. Reed, and S.A. Thompson. 2015. Climate change and marine vertebrates. Science 13 (350, no. 6262): 772-777, doi: 10.1126/science.aac9874

Categories: Marine Ecosystems Impacts, Marine Vertebrates, Population Dynamics, Climate Impacts

2015 Pacific Northwest, Coastal Link
Walker, R. 2015. Swinomish Tribe Files Lawsuit to Stop Bakken Crude Oil Trains. Indian Country Today Media Network. April 9, 2015. Available at: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/04/09/swinomish-tribe-files-lawsuit-stop-bakken-crude-oil-trains-159938

Categories: Lawsuit, Swinomish, Bakken Crude Oil, Transportation, tribe, indigenous

2015 Pacfic Northwest 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
Welch, Craig. 2015. Why Alaska’s Inupiat Are Warming to Offshore Oil Drilling. The National Geographic http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150522-Inupiat-Shell-offshore-oil-Arctic-Alaska-ocean-whale-sea/ (accessed June 24, 2015)

Categories: Offshore oil drilling, Inupiat, tribe, indigenous

2015 Alaska, Arctic 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
Wilson, N. J., Walter, M. T., & Waterhouse, J. (2015). Indigenous Knowledge of Hydrologic Change in the Yukon River Basin: A Case Study of Ruby, Alaska. ARCTIC, 68(1), 93-106.

Categories: Climate change, Indigenous knowledge of water, socio-hydrology, river dynamics, Water Resources, tribe, indigenous

2015 Alaska 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
Stewart. Earl, M. 2015. Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment: Draft Environmental Impact Statement. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, Tongass National Forest

Categories: Southeast Alaska, Hoonah, Kake, economy, shellfish, salmon, commercial, subsistence, Haida, Hydaburg, Kasaan, Sealaska, subsistence ("socioeconomic setting”), Ketchikan, adaptation plans, reports

2015 Alaska 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
Review of 2014 Federal Agency Adaptation Plans 2015 National Link
Sampson, Donald. Columbia River Basin Tribes Climate Change Capacity Assessment. Portland State University. 2015.

Categories: climate change, climate science, adaptation, vulnerability assessment, planning, mitigation, development, policy

2015 Oregon, Washington state Link
Improving collaboration between Native Americans and climate scientists. 2015. MSU Today.

Categories: Climate Science, Research Ethics, Native Climate Science

2015 Great Lakes, East Link
Northwest Climate Science Center. 2015. Annual Report.

Categories: Annual Report, Conservation, Science

2015 Northwest Link
Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Niles, L. et al. Environ Monit Assess (2015) 187: 102. doi:10.1007/s10661-014-4233-4

Categories: cultural health, traditional foods, revitalization, climate change, population, fisheries, marine health, economy, sociocultural impacts, human health, aviary health

2015 National Link
Maldonado, JK, TMB Bennett, K Chief, P Cochran, K Cozzetto, B Gough, MH Redsteer, N Maynard, K Lynn, G Voggesser. 2015. Engagement With Indigenous Peoples and Honoring Traditional Knowledge Systems. Climatic Change.

Categories: sustained assessment, TK, tribe, indigenous

2015 Global Link
Whyte, Kyle. 2015. What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples? SSRN.

Categories: Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Governance, Science, Climate Impacts

2015 National Link
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
Marino, Elizabeth. 2015. Fierce Climate, Sacred Ground: An Ethnography of Climate Change. University of Alaska Press.

Categories: vulnerability, Adaptation, Relocation, tribe, indigenous

2015 Alaska, Arctic 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
Vickery, Jamie and Lori Hunter. 2015. Native Americans: Where in Environmental Justice Research? Society and Natural Resources Journal.

Categories: Climate justice, American Indians, tribe, indigenous

2015 Global Link
Armitage, P and Kilburn, S. 2015. Conduct of Traditional Knowledge Research—A Reference Guide. Whitehorse [YT]: Wildlife Management Advisory Council (North Slope).

Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Research, traditional knowledge research, indigenous people, tribe, best practices

2015 Canada Link
Whyte, Kyle. 2015. The Ethics of Traditional Knowledge Exchange in Climate Change Initiatives. Earthzine.

Categories: Ethics, Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Climate Initiatives

2015 National, International Link
Brewer, Joseph and Kronk Warner, Elizabeth Ann, Guarding Against Exploitation: Protecting Indigenous Knowledge in the Age of Climate Change (February 20, 2015). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2567995 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2567995

Categories: Traditional Knowledge, indigenous knowledge, Climate change, intellectual property, tribes, Native Americans, American Indians, indigenous people, Indians

2015 United States Link
Bronen, R. (2014b). Choice and necessity: relocations in the Arctic and South Pacific. Forced Migration Review: 45.

Categories: Relocations, indigenous people, tribe, Arctic, South Pacific, Relocation, Adaptation

2015 Arctic, South Pacific Link
Bronen, R. Huffington. 2015. The Arctic Is Speaking Truths About Climate Change. Is Anyone Listening?

Categories: Climate-induced displacement, Arctic, tribe, indigenous

2015 Alaska, Arctic Link
A. Bakun, B.A. Black, S.J. Bograd, M. García-Reyes, A.J. Miller, R.R. Rykaczewski, W.J. Sydeman. 2015. Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems. Current Climate Change Reports. 1: 85-93.

Categories: Upwelling, Climate Impacts, Coastal Upwelling

2015 Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean Link