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
Mateo-Vega, J., Potvin, C., Monteza, J., Bacorizo, J., Barrigón, J., Barrigón, R., López, N., Omi, L., Opua, M., Serrano, J., Cushman, K. C., & Meyer, C. (2017). Full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in forest monitoring for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): trial in Panama’s Darién. Ecosphere, 8(2). doi:10.1002/ecs2.1635

Categories: A recent study found that well-trained Indigenous technicians are just as effective at collecting the necessary data to monitor forest carbon emission viability.

2017 South America Link
Watson, Teila. 2017. Indigenous knowledge systems can help solve the problems of climate change.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, traditional knowledge, Indigenous rights, Indigneous science, management, conservation

2017 Australia, Global, International Link
Marks-Block, Tony. 2017. Karuk Tribe, Forest Service and EcoAdapt Meet to Explore Climate Change Adaptation. North Coast.

Categories: climate change, prescribed burning, controlled burn, fire management, wildfire, risk, assessment, management, conservation, sustainability, planning, policy

2017 California, Oregon, West Coast, Pacific Northwest Coast Link
Eilperin, J. 2017. The EPA just buried its climate change website for kids.

Categories: climate change, youth, education, social justice, Obama administration, Trump administration,

2017 National Link
Martinez, Danny. 2017. Cycle of Life (video).

Categories: climate change, salmon, adaptation, subsistence, cultural resources, mitigation, social justice, environmental justice, tribal health, Warm Springs

2017 Warm Springs, Oregon, Northwest, Pacific Northwest Link
Landers, Rich. 2017. Columbia River sees near-record shad run; steelhead numbers are down.

Categories: salmon, fisheries, tribal health, water health, watershed, climate change

2017 Oregon, Washington, Columbia River Basin Link
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24797.

Categories: health and medicine, public health, prevention, environment, environment health and safety, climate change

2017 Link
Subbaraman, N. 2017. The Trump Administration’s Climate Denial Could Be Catastrophic For Tribes. Buzzfeed.

Categories: climate change, trump administration, climate denial, stall, funding, support, policy, planning, federal support, vulnerability, at-risk communities, traditional foods, subsistence, economy

2017 Alaska, Gulf Coast, Washington, Canada, Oregon, California, Mexico, Texas, Northwest Coast, Pacific Link
Davenport, M. E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board. New York Times.

Categories: climate change, climate change denial, denier, anti-science, corporate, EPA, agency reduction

2017 National Link
Oregon Public Health Division. 2017. Climate and Health Equity.

Categories: climate change, human helth, equity, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy, management

2017 Oregon, Northwest, Pacific Northwest Link
Abatzoglou, J.T. and Rupp, D.E. In press. Evaluating climate model simulations of drought for the northwestern United States. International Journal of Climatology. DOI:10.1002/joc.5046

Categories: climate change, climate science, predictions, indicators, hydrology, planning, management

2017 Northwest, Global Link
Page, Samantha. 2017. Tribal, environmental groups sue over methane rule delay. ThinkProgress.

Categories: Trump Administration, climate change, tribes, legislation, policy, methane, BLM, emissions, standards

2017 United States Link
Mcdermott, Amy. 2017. Growing change: Homegrown food is one safety net in a less stable world for Native Americans. SALON.

Categories: food security, subsistence, climate change, diabetes, human health, food-borne illness, sustainability, commodities, garden,

2017 California, Smith River, Tolowa, West Coast, United States, Global, International, the Americas Link
Geiling, Natasha. 2017. Climate kids to get their day in court against the Trump administration.

Categories: OCT, climate change, lawsuit, federal court, legislation, policy, carbon, emissions, youth, social justice

2017 National Link

Categories: climate change, natural disaster, human health, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy, management, decison-making

2017 Oregon, Northwest, Pacific Northwest Link
Why Native American Tribes Are In McCall To Plan For Climate Change. Boise State. 2016.

Categories: climate change, traditional foods, drought, salmon, water rights, wildfires

2016. United States, Northwest Link
Darryl Fears. 2016. Scientists say climate change is threatening the lifeblood of Canada’s native people. Washington Post.

Categories: Climate Impacts, Species Decline, Salmon

2016. Alaska, National, International (Canada) Link
Whitehouse. 2016. Federal Drought Plan.

Categories: Drought, Planning, Climate Impacts, management, planning, policy, legislation, contingency, climate change, Obama archive

2016. National Link
Schuessler, Ryan. 2016. This Could Explain All Those Strong Happenings in Alaska’s Waters: The Washington Post.

Categories: Toxins and Pollution, Environmental Degradation, Algae, Environmental Science.

2016 Alaska Link
Gilles, Nathan. Threat of Salmon Extinction Turns Small Tribe Into Climate Researchers. Yes!Magazine. 2016.

Categories: fish havens, salmon heath, stream repopulation, watershed, temperature, climate change

2016 Washington state Link
Morelli, T.L., Daly, C., Dobrowski, S.Z., Dulen, D.M., Ebersole, J.L., Jackson, S.T., Lundquist, J.D., Millar, C.I., Maher, S.P., Monahan, W.B. and Nydick, K.R., 2016. Managing climate change refugia for climate adaptation. PLoS One, 11(8), p.e0159909.

Categories: climate change, refugia, policy, planning, management, technical skills, climate sciecne, climate projection, adaptation

2016 Glodal, International, United States Link
Cochran, F., Brunsell, N., Cabalzar, A., Van der Veld, P., Azevedo, E., Azevedo, R., Pedrosa, R., Winegar, L. 2016. Indigenous ecological calendars define scales for climate change and sustainability assessments. Springer 11(1): 69-89.

Categories: Mapping, Traditional Knowledges, Sustainability Science, Natural Resource Management

2016 International 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
McDowell Group. 2016. Economic Impact Analysis: Southeast Alaska Transboundary Watershed. Juneau, Anchorage, Alaska: SalmonState.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, transboundary, watershed, streamflow, economic concerns, Taku River, Stikine River, Unuk River, sport fishing, tour operations, policy and management, economic development, planning

2016 Alaska Link
Hallum, Mark. 2016. Climate Change May Have Big Impact on American Indian Tribes Out West: The Inquisitr News

Categories: Climate Resilience, Climate Change Vulnerability, Drought & Agriculture.

2016 Western United States. Link
Ward, Bud. Native Americans Adapting to Changes in What-Grows-Where. Yale Climate Connections. 2016.

Categories: climate change, tribes, Tribal Climate Camp, adaptation

2016 Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Maine Link
Isabelle Groc. 2016. Some Whales Like Global Warming Just Fine. National Geographic.

Categories: Whales, Climate Impacts, Temperature Change

2016 National, International Link
Historical baselines and the future of shell calcification for a foundation species in a changing ocean. University of Chicago. 2016.

Categories: climate science, fisheries, ocean acidification, Pleistocene era, shellfish, shell midden

2016 National, Coastal Ecosystems Link
Stephen S. Ban, Hussein M. Alidina, Thomas A. Okey, Rachel M. Gregg, and Natalie C. Ban. Identifying potential marine climate change refugia: A case study in Canada’s Pacific marine ecosystems. CAKE. 2016.

Categories: climate change, refugia, adaptation, mitigation, ocean, marine, aquaculture, climate science

2016 United States Link