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
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
Kealiikanakaoleohaililani, K., Giardina, C. 2016. Embracing the sacred: an indigenous framework for tomorrow’s sustainability science. Springer 11(1): 57-67. Categories: Sustainability Sciences, Traditional Knowledges, Resource Management, Sacred	2016	National	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
Matt Richtel and Fernanda Santosapril. 2016. Wildfires, Once Confined to a Season, Burn Earlier and Longer. New York Times. Categories: Wildfire, Climate Change	2016	National	Link
AMS. 2016. State of the Climate in 2015. Categories: climate science, climate change, climate assessment, monitoring	2016	National, Global, International	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
Whitehouse. 2016. Federal Drought Plan. Categories: Drought, Planning, Climate Impacts, management, planning, policy, legislation, contingency, climate change, Obama archive	2016.	National	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
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
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
Webber, T., Brown, M. 2017. Environmentalists, tribe file lawsuit over Trump climate order. Categories: climate change, emissions, carbon, clean air, air quality, human health, youth, children, future, generations,	2017	National, International, Washington D.C.	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
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
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
Rogers, Nala. 2017. Tapping Traditional Wisdom to Cope with Climate Change. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, traditional knowledge, social justice, cross-agency collaboration, communication science, climate science, climate predictions, projections, planning, policy, research, indigenous science	2017	Global, International, Indian Country	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
McBride, B.B., Sanchez-Trigueros, F., Carver, S.J., Watson, A.E., Stumpff, L.M., Matt, R. and Borrie, W.T., 2017. Participatory Geographic Information Systems as an Organizational Platform for the Integration of Traditional and Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Fire and Fuels Management. Journal of Forestry, 115(1), pp.43-50. Categories: climate change, planning, policy, TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, resource management, fuel, energy	2017	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
O'rourke, Christian. 2017. With Chance the Rapper By His Side, This 16-Year-Old Activist & Rapper Is Setting Out to Change the Climate Game: Exclusive. Categories: climate change, Earth Guardians, OCT, social justice, outreach, awareness, music, art, rap, hip hop,	2017	National, United States	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
Clean energy: The challenge of achieving a ‘just transition’ for workers. EcoBusiness. 2017. Categories: climate change, economy, employment, jobs sector, emissions, carbon footprint, adaptation, mitigation	2017	Arizona, United States, International	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
Site of Science. 2017. We Are the Ocean: An Indigenous Response to Climate Change. Categories: climate change, pollution, debris, plastics, adaptation, mitigation, natural processes, climate science, community, art, traditions, museum	2017	International, Global	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
Grunwald, Michael. Environmentalists get a dose of good news. Politico. 2017. Categories: TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, climate change, policy, planning, mitigation, adaptation	2017	National	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

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.