Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

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
World Bank Group. 2016. High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy. Categories: Economics, Drought, Climate Impacts, Water Resources	2016	International	Link
Lynam, T. and Walker, I., 2016. Making sense of climate change: orientations to adaptation. Ecology and Society, 21(4). Categories: climate change, knowledge production, social change, philosophy, sociology,	2016	Global	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
EPA. HOW WILL CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT MY HEALTH? Factsheet. 2016. Categories: climate change, air quality, illness, disease, human health, health risks	2016	International	Link
Sheperd, Sara. Conference at Haskell explores how climate change affects American Indians. Lawrence Journal-World. 2016. Categories: climate change, network, adaptation, mitigation, forum, conference	2016	United States	Link
Zanotti, L., Palomino-Schalscha, M.. 2016. Taking different ways of knowing seriously: cross-cultural work as translations and multiplicity. Springer 11(1): 139-152. Categories: Traditional Knowledges, Indigenous Science, Decolonizing Research, Ethics	2016	National, International	Link
Thomas W. Doyle, Bogdan Chivoiu, and Nicholas M. Enwright . 2015. Sea-level rise modeling handbook: Resource guide for coastal land managers, engineers, and scientists. Report submitted to USGS. Categories: Sea-level Rise, Climate Modeling, Guide, Ecosystems Impacts	2015.	Gulf of Mexico, Southeast	Link
Ahearn, A. 2015. Facing Rising Waters, A Native Tribe Takes Its Plea to Paris in Climate Talks. NPR. [audio]. Categories: Sea Level Rise, Relocation, Glacial Melting	2015.	Northwest, Washington	Link
New York Times. 2015. The Road to a Paris Climate Deal: What Climate Change Looks Like. Categories: Sea Level Rise, Water Quality, Snow Melt, Coral Bleaching, Bark Beetles, Ocean Acidification	2015.	National, International	Link
Bronen, R. Huffington. 2015. The Arctic Is Speaking Truths About Climate Change. Is Anyone Listening? Categories: Climate-induced displacement, Arctic, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Sampson, Donald. Columbia River Basin Tribes Climate Change Capacity Assessment. Portland State University. 2015. Categories: climate change, climate science, adaptation, vulnerability assessment, planning, mitigation, development, policy	2015	Oregon, Washington state	Link
A. Bakun, B.A. Black, S.J. Bograd, M. García-Reyes, A.J. Miller, R.R. Rykaczewski, W.J. Sydeman. 2015. Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems. Current Climate Change Reports. 1: 85-93. Categories: Upwelling, Climate Impacts, Coastal Upwelling	2015	Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean	Link
Gruenig B, Lynn K, Voggesser G, Whyte P. 2015. Tribal climate change principles: responding to federal policies and actions to address climate change. Categories: Climate change, indigenous, policy, tribe	2015	United States	Link
Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Niles, L. et al. Environ Monit Assess (2015) 187: 102. doi:10.1007/s10661-014-4233-4 Categories: cultural health, traditional foods, revitalization, climate change, population, fisheries, marine health, economy, sociocultural impacts, human health, aviary health	2015	National	Link
W. Matt Jolly, Mark A. Cochrane, Patrick H. Freeborn, Zachary A. Holden, Timothy J. Brown, Grant J. Williamson & David M. J. S. Bowman. 2015. Climate-induced variations in global wildfire danger from 1979 to 2013. Nature Communications (6). Categories: Wildfire, Climate Impacts, Wildfire Variability	2015	National, International	Link
Himes-Cornell, A., & Kasperski, S. (2015). Assessing climate change vulnerability in Alaska's fishing communities. Fisheries Research, 162, 1-11. Categories: Traditional foods, Climate change, Fishing, Alaska, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Houck, Oliver A. 2015 The Reckoning: Oil and Gas Development in the Louisiana Coastal Zone. Tulane Environmental Law Journal 28(2):185-296. Categories: Old and Gas Industry, Development, Coastal Louisiana	2015	Southeast	Link
Rebecca A. Mabardy, George G. Waldbusser, Flaxen Conway and Christine S. Olsen. 2015. Perception and Response of the U.S. West Coast Shellfish Industry to Ocean Acidification: The Voice of the Canaries in the Coal Mine. Journal of Shellfish Research 34(2):565-572. Categories: Ocean Acidification, Shellfish, Commercial Fishing	2015	Pacific Ocean, Pacific Northwest	Link
Hummel S. Lake FK. (2015) "Forest Site Classification for Cultural Plant Harvest by Tribal Weavers can Inform Management" Forest Ecology. Categories: blended scientific method, forest structure, cultural plants, silviculture, basketry, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), tribe, indigenous	2015	Northwest	Link
Rising Voices: Collaborative Science for Climate Solutions. 2015. Recommendations to the UNFCCC 21st Conference of Parties. Categories: Policy, Adaptation, Climate Impacts, Indigenous Peoples	2015	National	Link
Stewart. Earl, M. 2015. Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment: Draft Environmental Impact Statement. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, Tongass National Forest Categories: Southeast Alaska, Hoonah, Kake, economy, shellfish, salmon, commercial, subsistence, Haida, Hydaburg, Kasaan, Sealaska, subsistence ("socioeconomic setting”), Ketchikan, adaptation plans, reports	2015	Alaska	Link
Fisichelli, N., Schuurman, G., Hoffman, C. 2015. Is ‘Resilience’ Maladaptive? Towards an Accurate Lexicon for Climate Change Adaptation. Environmental Management:1-6. Categories: Adaptation, Madaptation, Resilience	2015	National, International	Link
ICTMN Staff. 2015. Bakken-Crude-Hauling Oil Train Explodes in North Dakota, Town Evacuated. Indian Country Today Media Network: Categories: oil industry, tribe, indigenous	2015	Midwest	Link
LCC Network Conservation Science Plan - Version 1.0. 2015. Categories: Conservation, Landscape Management, Climate Adaptation, Science	2015	National	Link
Vinyeta, Kirsten and Kathy Lynn. 2015. Strengthening the Federal-Tribal Relationship: A Report on Monitoring Consultation under the Northwest Forest Plan. Report Submitted as part of Northwest Forest Plan 20 Year Reports. FS/R6/PNW/2015/0005. Categories: Policy, Northwest Forest Plan, Consultation, Co-Management, Natural Resource Management, Forestry	2015	Northwest	Link
Strauss, B. H., Kulp, S. and Levermann, A. 2015. Mapping Choices: Carbon, Climate, and Rising Seas, Our Global Legacy. Climate Central Research Report. pp. 1-38. Categories: Sea level rise, populations at risk	2015	International, Global	Link
Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Portal Categories: indigenous, Climate change	2015	International	Link
Mauger, G.S., J.H. Casola, H.A. Morgan, R.L. Strauch, B. Jones, B. Curry, T.M. Busch lSaksen, L. Whitely Binder, M.B. Krosby, and A.K. Snover. 2015. State of Knowledge. Climate Change in Puget Sound. Report repared for the Puget Sound Partnership and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate Impacts Group. University of Washington, Seattle. Doi: 10.7915/CIG93777D Categories: Assessment, Synthesis, Summary, Climate Data, Puget Sound	2015	Pacific Northwest, Washington, Puget Sound	Link
Maldonado, J., Bennett, T.M.B., Chief, K., Cochran, P., Cozzetto, K., Gough, B., Hiza Redsteer, M., Lynn, K. and Maynard, N., 2015, Engagement With Indigenous Peoples and Honoring Traditional Knowledge Systems; Journal of Climatic Change. Categories: National Climate Assessment, tribes, climate change	2015	National	Link
Knapp C.N., Trainor S. F. 2015. Alaskan stakeholder-defined research needs in the context of climate change. Polar Geography. Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Culture, Climate change, Worldviews, Stakeholder-defined research, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	Link

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.