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
Lawler, J.H.; Bullock, R.C.L. 2017. A Case for Indigenous Community Forestry. Journal of Forestry. 115(2), 117-125.

Categories: case study, community forestry, indigenous forestry, sustainability

2017 National Link
Flatt, Courtney. 2017. Proposed EPA Cuts Could Pose Big Problems For Tribes. KUOW.

Categories: budget cuts, support, climate change, environmental hazard, trump administration, white house, legislation, planning, policy, grants

2017 National Link
Littel, Jeremy. 2017. Practical Notes on Using Climate Predictions in Alaska. Department of the Interior, USGS, Alaska Climate Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate science, climate change, climate modeling, climate projections, global climate projections, downscaling, regional climate projections, precipitation, temperature,

2017 Alaska Link
Wilson, Conrad. 2017. Northwest Tribes Call For End To Moving Fossil Fuels Through Gorge. PBS.

Categories: fossil fuels, oil, pollution, spill, environmental degradation, sacred places, tribes, sovereignty, self determination

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

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

2017 International Link
Stephen Pyne. 2017. Recreating forests of the past isn't enough to fix our wildfire problem.

Categories: wildfire, managed fire, prescribed burn, management, prevention, ecosystem, beneficial, fuels, fire science, ecology, resilience

2017 United States, National Link
Pierre-Louis, K. 2017. If the EPA doesn't believe in science, what is it good for? Popular Science.

Categories: claimtea change, environmental protection, budget cuts, governemntal agency, funding, climate science, trump administration, white house. legislation, planning, policy

2017 National Link
Banerjee, N. 2017. Trial Date Set for Children’s Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government

Categories: climate change, legislation, policy, social justice, youth justice, human health, future generations, federal court,

2017 United Stated, National Link
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography.

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

2017 International Link
Lundgren, H., Cook, K. 2017. Telling the “Good Fire” Story: Two Communities’ Prescribed Fire Outreach Efforts.

Categories: wildfire, managed burn, prescribed burn, management, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, community resilience, air quality, ecosystem, habitat

2017 Washington state, United States, National Link
Harvey, C. 2017. This climate lawsuit could change everything. No wonder the Trump administration doesn’t want it going to trial. The Washington Post.

Categories: trump administration, climate change, lawsuit, OCT, federal government, supreme court, mitigation, emissions, standards, legislation

2017 National Link
Nicholson, B. 2017. Dakota Access review to re-examine impact on tribe. WKOW.

Categories: DAPL, Dakota Access pipeline, fossil fuels, oil industry, Standing Rock Sioux, environmental justice, social justice, Native rights, treaty rights, community health, human health, self-determination, self-governance, sovereignty

2017 North Dakota, Illinois, United States Link
Champagne, Duane. 2017. Trump’s Policies Threaten Tribal Sovereignty. IndianCountry Today.

Categories: Trump Administration, BIA, federal assistance, grants, financial assistance

2017 Link
Reo, N.J., Whyte, K.P., McGregor, D., Smith, M.A. and Jenkins, J.F., 2017. Factors that support Indigenous involvement in multi-actor environmental stewardship. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, p.1177180117701028.

Categories: climate change, TEK, Indigenous science,intergenerational knowledge, self-determination, collaboration, management, technical assistance, self-determination, soverignty

2017 Naitonal Link
Hipp, Janie Simms, and Duren, Colby D. June 2017. Regaining Our Future: An Assessment of Risks and Opportunities for
Native Communities in the 2018 Farm Bill. Prior Lake, Minnesota: Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community

Categories: climate change, agriculture, Farm bill, White house, Trump Administration, federal budgeting, planning, policy, management, legislation, human health, community justice, social justice, environmental racism

2017 Southwest, Midwes, North Dakota, South Dakota, National, United States Link
Winters, Chris. 2017. After 90 years, salmon are returning to upper Sultan River. HeraldNET.

Categories: climate change, restoration, conservation, management, repopulation, habitat, spawning

2017 Washington, Pacific Northwest Link
Matthews, S. 2017. Grizzly Bears Are Now the Victims of the Trump Administration’s Climate Denialism.

Categories: conservation, climate change, climate denial, endangered species, de-listed, tribal consultation, hunting, grizzly bears

2017 California, Nevada, yellostone National Park, United States Link
Meeker, D., 2017 A Synthesis of Climate Adaptation Planning Needs in Alaska Native Communities.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, adaptation, policy, planning, management, interagency support, TEK, , oral tradition, climate science, research, 

2017 Alaska Link
Levy, Amir. 2017. Facing climate change on the Louisiana bayous – in pictures. The Guardian.

Categories: climate change, seal level, relocation, adaptation, treaty land, reservation

2017 Louisiana Link
McNeeley, S.M., Even, T.L., Gioia, J.B., Knapp, C.N. and Beeton, T.A., 2017. Expanding Vulnerability Assessment for Public Lands: The Social Complement to Ecological Approaches. Climate Risk Management.

Categories: Climate change; Public lands; Land-based livelihoods; Social vulnerability; Vulnerability assessment; Adaptation

2017 National Link
Jason Searle, Exploring Alternatives to the "Consultation or Consent" Paradigm, 6 Mich. J. Envtl. & Admin. L. 485 (2017).

Categories: DAPL, pipeline, North Dakota, Rosebud Sioux, Lakota, legislation, policy, litigation

2017 North Dakota, National Link
Tengö, M., R. Hill, P. Malmer, C. M. Raymond, M. Spierenburg, F. Danielsen, T. Elmqvist, C. Folke. 2017. Weaving knowledge systems in IPBES, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26–27:17–25

Categories: climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy

2017 International Link
n.a. 2017. New Report Reveals Bank Policies Fail to Respond to Climate Risks. Commondreams.

Categories: climate change, financial assistance, insurance, lending, loans, fossil fuels, finance, energy, greenhouse gas, coal

2017 United States, National Link
Trump Administration. 2017. Fiscal Year 2018 The Interior Budget in Brief May 2017.

Categories: Trump administration, budget, resource, allocation, financial assistance, budget cuts, programming

2017 National Link
Living on Earth. 2017. Land on Fire.

Categories: cliamte change, wildfire, forest fire, management, risk, hazard, human health, safety, disaster prevention, disaster relief, planning, policy

2017 National, United States Link
Court Refuses to hear culvert case appeal. May 19, 2017. Northwest Treaty Tribes.

Categories: salmon, habitat, restoration, impediments, culvert, block, restoration, legislation, planning, policy, state government

2017 Washington state Link
United States Forest Service. 2017. Tribal Relations News and Events, Summer 2017.

Categories: Tribal relations, collaboration, interagency, federal assistance, trust relationship, Shawnee, Tlingit, Cherokee, Hopi, Apache, huckleberries

2017 Washington state, Oklahoma, National, United States Link
Gregg, R.M. 2017. Incorporating climate change in marine use plans for British Columbia’s First Nations. Summary of a project of the Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast.

Categories: climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science

2017 Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia Link
Ross, A. 2017. Kilmer: Down the congressional rabbit hole.

Categories: climate change, Trump Administration, shellfish, fisheries, coastal relocation, Native health,community wellness, congress, representation

2017 Washington state Link
A Just Resilience. Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center. August 20, 2017.

Categories: climate change, Charlottesville, racism, white supremacy, social inequality, Trump Administration, white house

2017 National, United States Link