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 descending Geography Website
Doyle J (2013) Exploring effects of climate change on Northern Plains American Indian health. Climatic Change 3: 643-655.

Categories: Climate change, American Indian Health, Northern Plains, tribe, indigenous

2013 Link
ITEP. 2013. Climate Change and Fisheries: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt.

Categories: fishery, water health, climate adaptation, resource management, fact sheet

2013 United States Link
Egeland G, Harrison G (2013) Health disparities: promoting Indigenous Peoples’ health through traditional food systems and self-determination. In: Kuhnlein H., Erasmus B., Spigelski D., Burlingame B. (Eds.) 2013. Indigenous Peoples’ food systems & well-being interventions and policies for healthy communities.

Categories: Health, Traditional foods, self determination, tribe, indigenous

2013 Global Link
US DOE: Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development. 2013. Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grant Program. Available at: http://www.indianaffairs.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc1-026611.pdf

Categories: grant recipients

2013 United States Link
ITEP. 2013. Climate Change and Forestry: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt.

Categories: parasites, invasive species, wildfire, precipitation, forest assessments, climate adaptation, fact sheet

2013 United States Link
Fugate C. 2013. Changing laws for the better - recognizing tribal sovereignty. FEMA. Available at: https://www.fema.gov/blog/2013-01-31/changing-laws-better-recognizing-tribal-sovereignty

Categories: Sovereignty, FEMA, Disasters, tribe, indigenous

2013 United States Link
Vinyeta, Kirsten; Lynn, Kathy. 2013. Exploring the role of traditional ecological knowledge in climate change initiatives. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-879. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 37 p.

Categories: traditional knowledges, climate change, tribe, Indigenous

2013 United States Link
Gautam, M. R., K. Chief, and W. J. Smith, Jr., 2013: Climate change in arid lands and Native American socioeconomic vulnerability: The case of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. Climatic Change, 120, 585-599, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0737-0. URL ↩

Categories: vulnerability, adaptative capacity, tribe, indigenous

2013 Pyramid Lake Paiute Link
Driscoll, D.L., Sunbury, T., Johnston, J. and Renes, S., 2013. Initial findings from the implementation of a community-based sentinel surveillance system to assess the health effects of climate change in Alaska. International journal of circumpolar health, 72(1), p.21405.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, Alaska Native villages, climate change surveillance, observations, policy, community, community activism, community participation, social change, climate science, water security, food security, changed social activities, reduced activities

2013 Alaska Link
Voggesser G, Lynn K, Daigle J, Lake FK, Ranco D (2013) Cultural Impacts to Tribes from Climate Change Influences on Forests. Climatic Change. DOI # 10.1007/s10584-013-0733-4.

Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Forest resources, Adaptation, Management, tribe, indigenous

2013 United States Link
Gearheard Fox, Shari, Kielsen Holm, Lene, Huntington, Henry P., Leavitt, Joe M., Mahoney, Andrew R., Opie, Margaret, Oshima, Toku and Joelie Sanguya, eds. 2013. The Meaning of Ice. People and Sea Ice in Three Arctic Communities. Hanover, NH: International Polar Institute Press.

Categories: Climate change, sea ice, Inuit, Traditional Knowledge, Oral history, tribe, indigenous

2013 Arctic Link
Westman, Clinton N. 2013 Social Impact Assessment and the Anthropology of the Future in Canada’s Tar Sands. Human Organization 72(2):111-120.

Categories: social impact assessment, tar sands, Anthropology of the Future, Canada, traditional land use

2013 Canada Link
Grah, O., and J. Beaulieu, 2013: The effect of climate change on glacier ablation and baseflow support in the Nooksack River basin and implications on Pacific salmonid species protection and recovery. Climatic Change, 120, 657-670, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0747-y.↩

Categories: traditional food, Salmon, tribe, indigenous

2013 Pacific Northwest Link
Hansen T. 2013. Eight Tribes that are way ahead of climate-adaptation Curve. Indian Country Today Media Network. Available at: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/10/15/8-tribes-are-way-ahead-climate-adaptation-curve-151763

Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, Mitigation, tribe, indigenous

2013 United States, Northwest, Southwest, Alaska Link
Whyte, K. Powys, 2013: Justice forward: Tribes, climate adaptation and responsibility. Climatic Change, 120, 517-530, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0743-2.↩

Categories: justice, responsibility, Adaptation, Soveregnity, tribe, indigenous

2013 United States
Hoover, E. 2013. Cultural and health implications of fish advisories in a Native American community. BioMed Central Ltd.

Categories: Fish advisories, Native American, Mohawk, Haudenosaunee, PCBs, Superfund, St. Lawrence River, Health risk assessment, tribe, indigenous

2013 Northeast Link
Williams, T., & Hardison, P. (2013). Culture, law, risk and governance: contexts of traditional knowledge in climate change adaptation. Climatic Change, 120(3), 531-544.

Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Adaptation, FPIC, tribe, indigenous

2013 Global Link
Jacob, M.M. 2013. Yakama rising: indigenous cultural revitalization, activism, and healing. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.

Categories: indigenous, tribe, cultural revitalization, activism, healing

2013 Northwest
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
James D. Ford , Graham McDowell , Jamal Shirley , Mike Pitre , Richard Siewierski , William Gough , Frank Duerden , Tristan Pearce , Peter Adams & Sara Statham (2013) The Dynamic Multiscale Nature of Climate Change Vulnerability: An Inuit Harvesting Example, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 103:5, 1193-1211, DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.776880

Categories: adaptive capacity, Climate change, harvesting, human dimensions, Inuit, Iqaluit, methodology, vulnerability, tribe, indigenous

2013 Alaska Link
Lantz L. Appelbaum L. 2013. Final Report Sustainable Construction in Indian Country Initiative. Prepared for: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research.

Categories: Sustainability, tribe, indigenous

2013 United States
Larson, A. M., Brockhaus, M., Sunderlin, W. D., Duchelle, A., Babon, A., Dokken, T., ... & Huynh, T. B. (2013). Land tenure and REDD+: the good, the bad and the ugly. Global Environmental Change, 23(3), 678-689.

Categories: Community forestry, Forest tenure reform, indigenous peoples, Tenure security, Property rights, Customary rights, tribe, indigenous

2013 Global Link
Laska, Shirley and Kristina Peterson. 2013. Between Now and Then: Tackling the Conundrum of Climate Change. CHART Publications. Paper 32: 5 -8. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/chart_pubs/32

Categories: Coastal Louisiana, Sea Level Rise, Climate change, tribe, indigenous

2013 Southeast Link
Lovecraft, Amy L. 2013. The human geography of Arctic sea ice: Introduction. Polar Geography 36 (1–2):1–4.

Categories: Arctic, sea ice

2013 Arctic Link
Lynn, K., J. Daigle, J. Hoffman, F. Lake, N. Michelle, D. Ranco, C. Viles, G. Voggesser, and P. Williams, 2013: The impacts of climate change on tribal traditional foods. Climatic Change, 120, 545-556, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0736-1.↩

Categories: traditional food, Place, Culture, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous

2013 United States Link
Maldonado, J. Koppel, C. Shearer, R. Bronen, K. Peterson, and H. Lazrus, 2013: The impact of climate change on tribal communities in the US: Displacement, relocation, and human rights. Climatic Change, 120, 601-614, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0746-z.↩

Categories: displacement, Relocation, human rights, tribe, indigenous

2013 United States, Alaska, Southeast Link
Marshall, Bob. 2013 New Research: Louisiana Coast Faces Highest Rate of Sea-Level Rise Worldwide. The Lens. February 21.

Categories: Sea Level Rise

2013 Southeast Link
Baker, Betsy, and Sarah Mooney. 2013. The legal status of Arctic sea ice in the United States and Canada. Polar Geography 36(1–2): 86–104.

Categories: Arctic, sea ice, ecosystem services, Alaska, Inuit, Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Land Claims Agreements, United States, Canada, Environmental Law, tribe, indigenous

2013 Arctic, Canada Link

Categories: climate change, anthropogenic, vulnerability, health, globe

2013 National Link
Murphy, M. 2013. Chemical infrastructures of the St. Clair River. In: Boudia, S.; Jas, N., eds. Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945. London: Pickering & Chatto Publishers.

Categories: Oil and gas industry, Chemical Valley, St. Clair River, Chemical Infrastructure, Contamination, Health, tribe, indigenous

2013 Northeast, Midwest