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
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Food Systems, Environmental Justice, and Settler-Industrial States (April 25, 2016). 2015. In Global Food, Global Justice: Essays on Eating under Globalization. Edited by M. Rawlinson & C. Ward, 143-156, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770094

Categories: Environmental Justice, Injustice, Food Systems, Detroit, Philosophy

2016 National Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of People with Disabilities. Factsheet. 2016.

Categories: disability, disabled, health risks, accessibility, biohazards, resources, climate change

2016 United States, International Link
Alessa, L., Kliskey, A., Gamble, J., Fidel, M., Beaujean, G., Gosz, J. 2016. The role of Indigenous science and local knowledge in integrated observing systems: moving toward adaptive capacity indices and early warning systems. Springer 11(1): 91-102.

Categories: Community-based observing networks, environmental monitoring, climate adaptation, Traditional Knowledges, Indigenous Science, Knowledge Co-Production

2016 National Link
Winters, Chris. Tulalips convene summit on adapting to climate change. 2016. HeraldNet.

Categories: Arctic, traditional foods, subsistence, hunting, gathering, climate change, climate patterns

2016 Pacific Northwest, United States, Alaska, Arctic, Yukon Link
Swanson, M, Trainor, F. 2016. Current Coastal Change Research/Management Projects and Priority Information Needs in from Cook Inlet through Southeastern Alaska

Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, coastal, erosion, marine, management, research

2016 Alaska Link
Renee Lewis. 2016. Undamming this major U.S. river is opening a world of possibility for native cultures and wildlife. Fusion.

Categories: Dam Removal, Salmon, Ecological Restoration, Indigenous Peoples, Klamath River

2016 Northwest Link
Zada, John. Canadian First Nation cleans up latest fuel spill mess. AlJazeera. 2016.

Categories: environmental hazards, risks, oil spill, fossil fuel, traditional foods, pollution

2016 British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Northwest Link
EPA. 2016. Climate Change and the Health of Indigenous Populations.

Categories: TEK, climate change, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy, climate science, sovereignty, self determination, management

2016 National Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Environmental Movements and the Function of Governance Institutions (April 25, 2016). Whyte, K.P. 2016. Indigenous Environmental Movements and the Function of Governance Institutions. Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory. Edited by T. Gabrielson, C. Hall, J. Meyer & D. Schlosberg, 563-580. Oxford University Press.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770066

Categories: Governance, Indigenous Environmental Movements, Reciprocal Responsibilities, Philosophy

2016 National, International Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of People with Existing Medical Conditions. Factsheet. 2016.

Categories: health risks, medical conditions, climate change, biohazard,

2016 United States, International Link
Dockry, M., Hall, K., Van Lopik, W., Caldwell, C. 2016. Sustainable development education, practice, and research: an indigenous model of sustainable development at the College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, WI, USA. Springer 11(1): 127-138.

Categories: Sustainable Development, Menominee Nation Sustainable Development Institute SDI Model, Community Planning, Participatory Research

2016 National Link
Gregg, Rachel, Score, A., Pietri, D., Hansen, L. The State of Climate Adaptation in U.S. Marine Fisheries Management. EcoAdapt. 2016.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, natural resource management, policy, infrastructure, planning, development

2016 United States Link
Coral Davenport and Campbell Robertson. 2016. Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’. New York Times.

Categories: Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians, Sea Level Rise, Climate Impacts, Relocation

2016 Southeast, Gulf of Mexico Link
Mufson, Steve. Obama administration cancels oil and gas leases on Blackfeet tribe’s sacred grounds. Washington Post. 2016.

Categories: oil, fossil fuels, spill, leak, environmental hazard, pollution, sovereignty, self-determination

2016 Montana Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigeneity and US Settler Colonialism (April 25, 2016). Forthcoming in Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race, Edited by Naomi Zack, Oxford University Press. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770061

Categories: Indigeneity, Indigenous Identity, Philosophy

2016 National, International Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Pregnant Women. Factsheet. 2016.

Categories: socioeconomics, climate change, pregnancy, pregnant, mother, women, health risks, education, biohazard

2016 United States, International 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
Toward Climate Resilience: A Framework and Principles for Science-Based Adaptation. UCS. 2016.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, climate science assessment

2016 United States Link
John M. Rybczyk, Alan F. Hamlet, Carol MacIlroy, Larry Wasserman. 2016. Introduction to the Skagit Issue—From Glaciers to Estuary: Assessing Climate Change Impacts on the Skagit River Basin. Northwest Science.

Categories: Skagit River Basin, Climate Impacts, Assessment, Scientific Data, Salmonids

2016 Northwest, Skagit River Basin Link
Beavers, Rebecca, Babson, Amanda, Shupp, Courtney. Coastal Adaptation Strategies Handbook. CAKE. 2016.

Categories: climate change, coast, marine, pacific, adaptation, aquaculture, fisheries

2016 United States Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Experience, Environmental Justice and Settler Colonialism (April 25, 2016). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770058

Categories: Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, INjustice, Responsibility, Settler Colonialism, Philosophy

2016 National, International Link
Armatas, C. A., T. J. Venn, B. B. McBride, A. E. Watson, and S. J. Carver. 2016. Opportunities to utilize traditional phenological knowledge to support adaptive management of social-ecological systems vulnerable to changes in climate and fire regimes. Ecology and Society 21(1):16.

Categories: adaptation planning, climate change, traditional knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge, Indigenous knowledge, ecology, stewardship, fire management

2016 Western United States Link
Herman, R.D.K. 2016. Traditional knowledge in a time of crisis: climate change, culture and communication. Springer 11(1): 163-176.

Categories: Western Science, Traditional Knowledges, Indigeneity, Knowledge Co-Production

2016 International 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
Zhiliang Zhu and A. David McGuire (eds). 2016. Baseline and Projected Future Carbon Storage and Greenhouse-Gas Fluxes in Ecosystems of Alaska

Categories: Climate Impacts, Methane, Climate Mitigation, Wildfire, Permafrost Thaw, Climate Assessment

2016 Alaska, Northwest 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
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Food Sovereignty, Renewal and U.S. Settler Colonialism (August 4, 2016). The Routledge Handbook of Food Ethics, Forthcoming. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770056

Categories: Food Sovereignty, Cultural Revitalization, Political Sovereignty, Indigenous Rights, Settler Colonialism, Philosophy

2016 National, International Link
The Washington-British Columbia Transboundary Climate-Connectivity Project. University of Washington. 2016.

Categories: climate impacts, climate models, climate adaptation, mitigation, case study, climate model

2016 Washington state, British Colombia, National, International Link
USFWS. 2016. The Service's: Native American Policy. 510 FW 1.

Categories: Policy, Conservation, Cultural Resources, Federal-Tribal Collaboration

2016 National Link