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 Geography Website
Scientific Americana

Categories: ecological degradation, environmental stewardship, indigenous people, biodiversity

2019 Global Link
Gregg RM, Kershner J. 2019. Extremes to Ex-Streams: Ecological Drought Adaptation in a Changing Climate. EcoAdapt, Bainbridge Island, WA.

Categories: ecological drought, climate change impacts, natural resource management, cultural resources, adaptation, warming temperatures, precipitation, snowpack, water availability

2019 Northwest Link
Urgenson, L. S., Nelson, C. R., Haugo, R. D., Halpern, C. B., Bakker, J. D., Ryan, C. M., Waltz, A. E., Belote, R. T. and Alvarado, E. (2018), Social perspectives on the use of reference conditions in restoration of fire‐adapted forest landscapes. Restor Ecol, 26: 987-996. doi:10.1111/rec.12640

Categories: ecological restoration, land management, stakeholders, fire management, forest management, wildfires

2018 Link
World Bank Group. 2016. High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy.

Categories: Economics, Drought, Climate Impacts, Water Resources

2016 International Link
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography.

Categories: education, outreach, research, accessibility, planning, outreach

2017 International Link
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography.

Categories: education, outreach, research, accessibility, planning, outreach

2017 International Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Older Adults. Factsheet. 2016.

Categories: elders, elderly, seniors, disabilities, climate change, biohazard, health risks

2016 United States, International 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
Willox, CA.; Landman, K.; Harper, S.L.; Edge, V.L.; Houle, K.; Ford, J. D. 2013. The land enriches the soul: On climatic and environmental change, affect, and emotional health and well-being in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada. Emotion, Space and Society. 6:14-24.

Categories: Emotion, Climate change, environmental change, Health and well-being, Inuit, tribe, indigenous

2013 Arctic
US DOI. 2015. Available at: www.DOI.gov

Categories: Energy

2015 Link
U.S. Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs. 2016. DOE Office of Indian Energy Strategic Roadmap 2025: Energy.gov/indianenergy.

Categories: Energy Development, Energy Deployment, Energy, Infrastructure, Development.

2016 National Link
Culotta, Kenneth; Fallon, Denis and Southalan, John. 2011. Indigenous People and Resources Development - A Rapidly Changing Legal Landscape. Oil, Gas & Energy Law 4.

Categories: Energy Development, Indigenous Peoples

2011 National, International Link
David Suzuki Foundation

Categories: energy, climate change, social challenges, diversity

2019 United States Link
“The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Trap the Sun to Offset Energy Costs.” Department of Energy, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, 27 Aug. 2018, www.energy.gov/indianenergy/articles/confederated-tribes-umatilla-indian-reservation-trap-sun-offset-energy-costs.

Categories: energy, Office of Indian Energy, Co2 emissions, solar power

2018 Oregon Link
Tribal Energy System Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Extreme Weather. DOE. 2015.

Categories: energy, socioeconomic, climate change, accessibility, energy planning

2015 National Link
Community Solar to Meet 100% of Energy Costs for New Mexico Tribe. (2018, January 11). Retrieved January 18, 2018, from https://www.energy.gov/indianenergy/articles/community-solar-meet-100-energy-costs-new-mexico-tribe

Categories: energy, sustainable development, solar power, renewable energy production, energy independence, tribal sovereignty

2018 New Mexico Link
WAPA, 2009: Wind and Hydropower Feasibility Study, Final Report. For Section 2606 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, as amended by Section 503(a) of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. 286 pp., Western Area Power Administration, Stanley Consultants, Inc. URL

Categories: Energy, Wind, hydropower

2009 United States
Chatters, James H. 1998. Environment. In Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 12. Plateau. D. E. Walker, ed. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution, pp. 29–48.

Categories: Enviroment, tribe, indigenous

1998
James, K., Hall, D., and Redsteer, M. H., (2008) Organizational Environmental Justice with a Navajo (Diné) Nation Case Example. In Research in Social Issues in Management, Stephen Gilliland, Dirk Steiner, and Daniel Skarlicki, eds.; Information Age Publishing, Greenwich, CT, p.263-290.

Categories: enviromental injustice, Reservation, Environmental management, Environmental Protection, Coal mining, Navajo Nation, Diné, tribe, indigenous, Environmental Justice

2008 Southwest
Orona, Brittani. “The Tolowa People Work With Western Science to Monitor Coastal Health.” KCET Environment, 4 Nov. 2018, www.kcet.org/shows/tending-nature/the-tolowa-people-work-with-western-science-to-monitor-coastal-health.

Categories: environment, monitoring, coastal health, TEK

2018 California Link
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
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
Bjørst, Lill R. 2010. The tip of the iceberg: Ice as the non-human actor in the climate change debate. Études/Inuit/Studies 34(1): 134–150.

Categories: environmental change, Inuit, framing, framing of climate change, tribe, indigenous

2010 Arctic, Global Link
Davies IP, Haugo RD, Robertson JC, Levin PS (2018) The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0205825. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205825

Categories: environmental disasters, minority communities, community health, wildfire, preparedness, fire vulnerability

2018 National 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
Maldonado, JK, AP Naquin, T Dardar, S Parfait-Dardar and B Bagwell (2015) Above the Rising Tide: Coastal Louisiana’s Tribal Communities Apply Local Strategies and Knowledge to Adapt to Rapid Environmental Change. In Disasters' Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival: Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation. Michèle Companion, ed. Pp. 239-253. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Categories: environmental impact, knowledge exchange, tribe, indigenous

2015 Coastal Louisiana, Southeast Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Experience, Environmental Justice and Settler Colonialism (April 25, 2016). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770058

Categories: Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, INjustice, Responsibility, Settler Colonialism, Philosophy

2016 National, International Link
Gottbrath, Laurin-Whitney. “Indigenous women occupy Washington state capitol lawn.” USA News | Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera, 9 Jan. 2018, www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/indigenous-women-occupy-capitol-climate-change-180109121751335.html.

Categories: environmental justice, indigenous women, indigenous rights, treaty rights, climate change, activism

2018 Washington state Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Food Systems, Environmental Justice, and Settler-Industrial States (April 25, 2016). 2015. In Global Food, Global Justice: Essays on Eating under Globalization. Edited by M. Rawlinson & C. Ward, 143-156, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770094

Categories: Environmental Justice, Injustice, Food Systems, Detroit, Philosophy

2016 National Link
Harris, S., and Harper, B., (2011) A Method for Tribal Environmental Justice Analysis. Vol. 4, No.4, Environmental Justice, p. 231-237.

Categories: Environmental Justice, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), traditional lifeways, Risk Assessment, tribe, indigenous

2011 United States Link