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
Littell, J. S., McKenzie, D., Wan, H. Y., & Cushman, S. A. (2018). Climate Change and Future Wildfire in the Western United States: An Ecological Approach to Nonstationarity. Earth's Future, 6(8). doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000878

Categories: wildfire, climate change, climate projections, wildfire preparedness

2018 Western United States Link
Fialka, John. “A Wyoming Reservation Shows the New Face of Drought.” Scientific American, E&E News, 6 June 2018, www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-wyoming-reservation-shows-the-new-face-of-drought/.

Categories: climate change, drought, management, adaptation

2018 Wyoming Link
Tegel, S. (2018, September 17). A Native Answer to Climate Change. U.S. News. Retrieved September 18, 2018, from https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-09-17/indigenous-peoples-property-rights-may-help-slow-climate-change

Categories: indigenous rights, human rights, land management, climate change, Co2 emissions, illegal logging, deforestation

2018 South America 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
Chamberlain, James L.; Emery, Marla R.; Patel-Weynand, Toral. 2018. Assessment of nontimber forest products in the United States under changing conditions. General Technical Report SRS-GTR-232. USDA Forest Service, Southern Research Station. 268p. https://doi.org/10.2737/SRS-GTR-232

Categories: nontimber forest products, forest health, natural resources, forests, rangelands, management, ecosystem services

2018 Link
Eira, I. M., Oskal, A., Hanssen-Bauer, I., & Mathiesen, S. D. (2018). Snow cover and the loss of traditional indigenous knowledge. Nature Climate Change.

Categories: traditional knowledge, snow cover, sustainability, management, adaptation

2018 Circumpolar North Link
Gregg RM, Reynier W, Gaines LJ, BehanJ (editors). 2018. Available Science Assessment Process (ASAP): Sea Level Rise in the Pacific Northwest and Northern California. Report to the Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center. EcoAdapt (Bainbridge Island, WA) and the Institute for Natural Resources (Corvallis, OR).

Categories: climate adaptation, sea level rise, management, coastal planning

2018 Pacific Northwest, Northern California Link
Hanses, Terri. “Breaking a Sacred Trust: On the Exploitation of Traditional Knowledge.” Pacific Standard, 20 Sept. 2018, psmag.com/social-justice/breaking-a-sacred-trust.

Categories: traditional knowledge, TEK, restoration, knowledge protection

2018 Washington Link
Kemp, Kym. “US Supreme Court Keeps in Place a Moratorium on Recreational Suction Dredge Mining; Karuk Tribe Pleased.” Redheaded Blackbelt, Kym Kemp, 9 Jan. 2018, kymkemp.com/2018/01/09/us-supreme-court-keeps-in-place-a-moratorium-on-recreational-suction-dredge-mining-karuk-tribe-pleased/.

Categories: mining, regulation, fish health, water quality, cultural sites, traditional sites

2018 Northern California Link
Southern Methodist University, and UA Communications. “Native Bison Hunters Amplified Climate Impacts on Prairie Fires.” UA News, 24 July 2018, uanews.arizona.edu/story/native-bison-hunters-amplified-climate-impacts-prairie-fires.

Categories: prescribed burns, fire management

2018 Prairie Link
Snider, L. (2018, November 15). Half of World's Annual Precipitation Falls in Just 12 Days, New Study Finds. NCAR & UCAR News. Retrieved November 20, 2018, from https://news.ucar.edu/132637/half-worlds-annual-precipitation-falls-just-12-days-new-study-finds

Categories: annual precipitation, climate change, weather data, flooding, extreme weather events

2018 Global Link
Horsey, David. “Canadian Oil Pipeline Is a Threat to Puget Sound's Ecosystem.” The Seattle Times, The Seattle Times Company, 1 June 2018, www.seattletimes.com/opinion/canadian-oil-pipeline-is-a-threat-to-puget-sounds-ecosystem/.

Categories: Trans Mountain Pipeline, oil, sea life, San Juan Islands, Puget Sound

2018 Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Canada 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
Stein, Michael Isaac. “How to Save a Town From Rising Waters.” CityLab, The Atlantic Monthly Group, 24 Jan. 2018, www.citylab.com/environment/2018/01/how-to-save-a-town-from-rising-waters/547646/.

Categories: climate change effects, relocation, planning

2018 Coastal Louisiana Link
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). (2018). Preparedness and safety messaging for hurricanes, flooding, and similar disasters. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Categories: disaster preparedness, public health, food safety, waterborne diseases, hurricanes, flooding, extreme weather

2018 National Link
Rosa-Anquino, P. (2018, November 21). To share or not to share? Tribes risk exploitation when sharing climate change solutions. Grist. Retrieved November 21, 2018, from https://grist.org/article/indigenous-knowledge-climate-change-solution/

Categories: traditional knowledge, knowledge sharing, IPCC, adaptation, planning, exploitation

2018 National Link
Elizabeth Thomas, Protecting Cultural Rights in the South Pacific Islands: Using UNESCO and Marine Protected Areas to Plan for Climate Change, 29 Fordham Envtl. L. Rev. 413 (2018).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1802&context=elr

Categories: cultural rights, climate change, adaptation

2018 South Pacific Islands Link
“CTUIR joins coalition to fight climate change.” East Oregonian, East Oregonian, 24 Jan. 2018, www.eastoregonian.com/eo/local-news/20180124/ctuir-joins-coalition-to-fight-climate-change.

Categories: climate change, Paris Climate Agreement, climate change adaptation, tribal sovereignty

2018 Eastern Oregon, Northwest Link
Swain, Dr. Elizabeth, et al. Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate; Lessons from Success Stories. Climate Interactive, 2018, Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate; Lessons from Success Stories, img.climateinteractive.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Multisolving-at-the-Intersection-of-Health-and-Climate-1.pdf.

Categories: health, climate change, climate change adaptation, community health

2018 International Link
Mickelson, E., Thomsen, D., Bateson, E., Bixler, D., Carlson, E., & Johnson, S. (2018, March). Assessing the State of Landscape Conservation Initiatives in North America; A Survey and Report (Rep.). Retrieved November 26, 2018, from Network for Landscape Conservation website: http://landscapeconservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/NLC-2017-Survey-Report_Final-Report.pdf

Categories: conservation, landscapes, collaboration, planning, research

2018 National Link
Morrow, Allison. 2017. Nisqually tribe won't fish chum after historic decision. King 5 News.

Categories: climate change, conservation, fisheries, salmon, population, habitat, restoration, conservation, sustainability, marine, fisheries, subsistence, commercial, industrial, traditional foods

2017 Washignton State, Pacific Northwest, Nisqually Link
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
Kahn, Brian. 2017. The EPA has started to remove Obama-era information.

Categories: climate change, trump administration, Obama Administration, white house, federal, protection,administration, legislation

2017 National, United States Link
Trahant, M. 2017. Saving Budget Fights for Another Day: Congress has a spending plan for this year that includes more money for most Native programs through September.

Categories: Trump Administration, policy, planning, budget, agencies, tribal assistance, short-term

2017 National, United States Link
“Carbon Pricing; A Critical Perspective for Community Resistance.” Carbon Pricing; A Critical Perspective for Community Resistance, www.ienearth.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Carbon-Pricing-A-Critical-Perspective-for-Community-Resistance-Online-Version.pdf.

Categories: carbon emissions, carbon pricing, climate change, indigenous, environmental justice, climate justice, fossil fuels

2017 National Link
Guide for Considering Climate Change in Coastal Conservation. NOAA. 2016.

Categories: conservation, climate change, coastal, riparian, wetlands, estuary, marine health, flood, planning, assessment

2017 National, International 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
Watt-Cloutier, Sheila. 2017. The right to be cold is key to addressing climate change says Nobel nominee.

Categories: climate change, arctic, Inuit, Inupiaq, TEK, Traditional ecological knowledge, weather patterns, polar ice sheets, temperature, adaptation, mitigation

2017 Arctic, Alaska, Canada, United States, Global, International Link
Hill, D. 2017. Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land. The Guardian.

Categories: religion, catholicism, sovereignty, self-determination, stewardship, jurisdiction, policy

2017 International, Global Link