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
Torben C. Rick, Leslie A. Reeder-Myers, Courtney A. Hofman, Denise Breitburg, Rowan Lockwood, Gregory Henkes, Lisa Kellogg, Darrin Lowery, Mark W. Luckenbach, Roger Mann, Matthew B. Ogburn, Melissa Southworth, John Wah, James Wesson, and Anson H. Hines. 2016. Millennial-scale sustainability of the Chesapeake Bay Native American oyster fishery. PNAS 113: 6568-6573.

Categories: historical baseline data, shellfish, marine fisheries, environmental management, oysters, climate change, archaeology, estuary, conservation, restoration, reefs

2016 East, Atlantic, Coastal, Chesapeake Bay Link
Assessing Cultural Resource Vulnerability To Climate Change with Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. NPLCC. 2016.

Categories: climate change, klondike, Alaska, State parks, adaptation, mitigation, webinar, presentation

2016 Alaska, United States Link
Thoman, Rick. 2016. At the Edge of the Wide Water: Southeast Alaska climate and Pacific Ocean variability. National Weather Service, Alaska region, Anchorage, Alaska.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, climate patterns, Pacific ocean, Juneau, winter, snowfall, temperature, oscillation, precipitation, variability, hurricane, El Nino, the Blob, El Oho, Gulf of Alaska 

2016 Alaska Link
Whyte, Kyle, Our Ancestors’ Dystopia Now: Indigenous Conservation and the Anthropocene (September 8, 2016). Routledge Companion to the Environmental Humanities, Forthcoming . Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770047

Categories: Athropocene, Indigenous Lifeways, Indigenous Environmentalism, Philosophy, Climate Impacts

2016 National, International Link
2016 Chugach Regional Resources Commission Climate Change Workshop Outcomes. CRRC. 2016.

Categories: Alaska, Climate change, access to resources, seasonal gathering, climate model, vulnerability, tribal planning, Indigenous sciences

2016 National, Alaska Link
Reuters. U.S. native groups promised input on development as pipeline dispute looms. 2016.

Categories: fossil fuels, climate change, carbon emissions, planning, policy, regulations, sovereignty,

2016 United States Link
Vose, J.M.; Clark, J.S.; Luce, C.H.; Patel-Weynand, T., eds. 2016. Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: a comprehensive science synthesis. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-93b. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office. 289 p.

Categories: Drought, Management, Climate Science, Forest, Rangelands, Science Synthesis

2016 United States Link
Kastalia Medrano. 2016. Can Native American Oyster Practices Rejuvenate the Chesapeake Bay? Pacific Standard.

Categories: shellfish, commercial fishing, industry, productivity, oyster, native species, restoration

2016 Chesapeake Bay, North East, Atlantic, East Coast Link
Herman-Mercer, N. M., E. Matkin, M. J. Laituri, R. C. Toohey, M. Massey, K. Elder, P. F. Schuster, and E. A. Mutter. 2016. Changing times, changing stories: generational differences in climate change perspectives from four remote indigenous communities in Subarctic Alaska. Ecology and Society 21(3):28.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5751/ES-08463-210328

Categories: climate adaptation, human health outcomes, youth, contemporary, climate perspectives

2016 Arctic, Subarctic Link
Little, Jeremy S., 2016, Climate Models, Climate Projections, and Uncertainty: A Primer for Southeast Alaska. Alaska Climate Science Center and US Geological Survey.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate models, climate projections, uncertainty, downscaling, local projections, global projections, climate science, geomorphology, coastline, sea level rise,

2016 Alaska Link
V. Savo, D. Lepofsky, J. P. Benner, K. E. Kohfeld, J. Bailey & K. Lertzman. 2016. Observations of climate change among subsistence-oriented communities around the world. Nature Climate Change 6, 462–473.

Categories: Subsistence-Oriented Communities, First Foods, Climate Science, Meta-Study

2016 International Link
UN Denounces Abuse of Free Assembly Rights for Water Protectors Standing Against DAPL. ICTMN. 2016.

Categories: climate change, fossil fuels, carbon emissions, civil rights, self-determination, sovereignty, planning, policy, international law, water, oil, pipeline

2016 North Dakota, Midwest, National Link
Mistry, J. Berardi, A. Bridging indigenous and scientific knowledge. Science 2016: Vol. 352, Issue 6291, pp. 1274-1275 DOI: 10.1126/science.aaf1160

Categories: emissions, deforestation, climate mitigation, adaptation, sustainability, community programs, indigenous knowledge, oral traditions, shared social memory, ecosystem degradation, community initiatives, traditional knowledge, local

2016 National, International, United States Link
Funes, Yessenia, STUDY: Climate Change Perceptions Vary Among Generations of Alaska's Yup'ik and Cup'ik People. 2016. Colorlines.

Categories: Arctic, Yukon, Alaska, Climate change, adaptation, traditional knowledge, generation

2016 Arctic, Alaska, United States, Northwest Link
Little, Jeremy S., 2016, Downscaled climate projections for southeast Alaska and considerations for use in modeling, management, and planning. Alaska Climate Science Center and US Geological Survey.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, coastal, marine, downscaling, climate projections, historical climate, hydrology, snow,

2016 Alaska Link
Michael A. Crimmins, Daniel B. Ferguson, Jeremy L. Weiss, Holly Faulstich. n.d. Hopi Climate Report – An Overview to Support Drought Monitoring & Management.

Categories: Climate Adaptation, Drought Monitoring, Assessment

2016 Southwest Link
Zada, John. Canadian First Nation cleans up latest fuel spill mess. AlJazeera. 2016.

Categories: environmental hazards, risks, oil spill, fossil fuel, traditional foods, pollution

2016 British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Northwest Link
EPA. 2016. Climate Change and the Health of Indigenous Populations.

Categories: TEK, climate change, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy, climate science, sovereignty, self determination, management

2016 National Link
Winters, Chris. Tulalips convene summit on adapting to climate change. 2016. HeraldNet.

Categories: Arctic, traditional foods, subsistence, hunting, gathering, climate change, climate patterns

2016 Pacific Northwest, United States, Alaska, Arctic, Yukon Link
Chris Frans, Erkan Istanbulluoglu, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Garry Clarke, Theodore J. Bohn and Matt Stumbaugh. 2016. Implications of decadal to century scale glacio-hydrological change for water resources of the Hood River Basin, OR U.S.A. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.10872


Categories: Climate Change, Glacial Melting, Hood River, Hydrology, Watersheds, Climate Impacts

2016 West, Northwest Link
George G. Waldbusser, Matthew W. Gray, Burke Hales, Chris J. Langdon, Brian A. Haley, Iria Gimenez, Stephanie R. Smith, Elizabeth L. Brunner, Greg Hutchinson. Slow shell building, a possible trait for resistance to the effects of acute ocean acidification. Limnology and Oceanography, 2016; DOI: 10.1002/lno.10348

Categories: Native oysters, climate adaptation, habitat restoration, population restoration, resilient, case study, climate change, acidification

2016 Pacific Northwest, Pacific Coast, British Columbia, Vancouver, Washignton, Oregon, California Link
Mufson, Steve. Obama administration cancels oil and gas leases on Blackfeet tribe’s sacred grounds. Washington Post. 2016.

Categories: oil, fossil fuels, spill, leak, environmental hazard, pollution, sovereignty, self-determination

2016 Montana Link
Gregg, Rachel, Score, A., Pietri, D., Hansen, L. The State of Climate Adaptation in U.S. Marine Fisheries Management. EcoAdapt. 2016.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, natural resource management, policy, infrastructure, planning, development

2016 United States Link
Pitz, Charles. 2016. Predicted Impacts of Climate Change on Groundwater Resources of Washington State. Washington State Department of Ecology. Publication No. 16-03-006

Categories: Groundwater Resources, Climate Impacts, Hydrology, Climate Assessment, Sea-level Rise

2016 Northwest, Coastal Link
Study finds native Olympia oysters more resilient to ocean acidification. OSU. 2016.

Categories: Native oysters, fisheries, commercial fishing, case study, resilient, resistant,

2016 National, Pacific Northwest, Canada, Oregon, Washignton, California, Pacific Coast Link
Beavers, Rebecca, Babson, Amanda, Shupp, Courtney. Coastal Adaptation Strategies Handbook. CAKE. 2016.

Categories: climate change, coast, marine, pacific, adaptation, aquaculture, fisheries

2016 United States Link
Zielinski, Sarah. 2016. How Will Native Americans in the Southwest Adapt to Serious Impacts of Climate Change?: Smithsonian.com

Categories: Climate Resilience, Tribes, Indigenous Survival, Climate Vulnerability, Inundation, Permafrost, Erosion, Relocation.

2016 Southwest, United States, Louisiana. Link
Toward Climate Resilience: A Framework and Principles for Science-Based Adaptation. UCS. 2016.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, climate science assessment

2016 United States Link
Co-producing Science and Tools for Drought Preparedness with the Wind River Reservation's Tribal Water Managers. DOI. 2016.

Categories: tribal water management, drought, climate science, Water rights, water health, climate adaptation

2016 Midwest, Wyoming, Montana, Eastern Oregon Link
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences. IUCN. 2016.

Categories: marine, coast, aquaculture, pacific, atlantic, climate change, adaptation, mitigation

2016 United States Link