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
Sydeman, W.J., E. Poloczanska, T.E. Reed, and S.A. Thompson. 2015. Climate change and marine vertebrates. Science 13 (350, no. 6262): 772-777, doi: 10.1126/science.aac9874 Categories: Marine Ecosystems Impacts, Marine Vertebrates, Population Dynamics, Climate Impacts	2015	Pacific Northwest, Coastal	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
Maldonado, JK (2015) Everyday Practices and Symbolic Forms of Resistance: Adapting to Environmental Change in Coastal Louisiana. In Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society: A Cross-Disciplinary Overview, Andrew Collins, ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Inc. Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous, symbolic resistance, Coastal Louisiana	2015	Coastal Louisiana, Southeast
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
Maldonado, JK, AP Naquin, T Dardar, S Parfait-Dardar and B Bagwell (2015) Above the Rising Tide: Coastal Louisiana’s Tribal Communities Apply Local Strategies and Knowledge to Adapt to Rapid Environmental Change. In Disasters' Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival: Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation. Michèle Companion, ed. Pp. 239-253. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Categories: environmental impact, knowledge exchange, tribe, indigenous	2015	Coastal Louisiana, Southeast	Link
President’s FY2016 Indian Affairs Budget Requests $2.9 Billion to Support Tribal Self-Determination, Strengthen Native American Communities Categories: Budget, Self-Determination, tribe, indigenous	2015	United States	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
Swan C, Chief Albert P Naquin and Stanley Tom. 2015. Building Respectul Solutions. Forced Migration Review: Disasters and Displacement in a Changing Climate. Categories: Relocation, tribe, indigenous	2015	United States	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
Swan, Colleen, Chief Albert P. Naquin, and Stanley Tom. 2015 Building Respectful Solutions. Forced Migration Review: Disasters and Displacement in a Changing Climate, Issue 49. Categories: Forced Migration, Disasters, displacement, tribe, indigenous	2015	Southeast	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
Review of 2014 Federal Agency Adaptation Plans	2015	National	Link
Butsic, V.; Kelly, M.; Moritz, M.A. Land Use and Wildfire: A Review of Local Interactions and Teleconnections. Land 2015, 4, 140-156. https://doi.org/10.3390/land4010140 Categories: wildfire, land use, fire management	2015	California, American West	Link
Tanner, T., Lewis, D., Wrathall, D., Bronen, R., Cradock-Henry, N., Huq, S., Lawless, C., Nawrotzki, R., Prasad, V., Rahman, Md. A., Alaniz, R., King, K., McNamara, K., Nadiruzzaman, Md., Henly- Shepard, S. and Thomalla, F. (2015) Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change, Nature Climate Change 5: 23–26. doi:10.1038/nclimate2431 Categories: Livelihood resilience, Climate change, resilience, human livelihood, agency	2015	Global	Link
Maslin, Mark. 2014. Climate Change: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Categories: climate change science, Adaptation	2014	Global	Link
EcoAdapt. 2014. A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Aquatic Resources in the Tongass National Forest. EcoAdapt, Bainbridge Island, WA. Categories: Southeast Alaska, hydrology, adaptation, resilience, climate projections, conservation, sustainability	2014	Alaska	Link
Maynard, N. G., (Ed.) 2014. Native Peoples - Native Homelands Climate Change Workshop II - Final Report:An Indigenous Response to Climate Change. November 18-21, 2009 Categories: American Indians, Alaska Natives, Climate change, Place, Traditional Knowledge, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Shanley, C.S. and Albert, D.M., 2014. Climate change sensitivity index for Pacific salmon habitat in southeast Alaska. PloS one, 9(8), p.e104799. Categories: Southeast Alaska, first foods, salmon, hydrology, resilience, conservation, adaptation, climate projections	2014	Alaska	Link
McDowell, G., E. Stephenson, and J. Ford. 2014. Adaptation to climate change in glaciated mountain regions. Climatic Change 126(1):77–91. Categories: human dimension, Climate change, Adaptation	2014	Global	Link
DOI. 2014. Meeting Materials, March 11-13, 2014. Southeast Alaska and Southcentral Alaska Subsistence Regional Advisory Council. Categories: Southeast Alaska, sea otter, climate change, customary and traditional use, fisheries, food security, subsistence, commercial, Stikine River, management, policy, permit, tribal concerns, Chugach National Forest, Tongass National Forest, vulnerability assessment, regional action plan	2014	Alaska	Link
McNeeley S.M., Lazrus H. (2014) The Cultural Theory of Risk for Climate Change Adaptation. Wea. Climate Soc., 6, 506–519. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WCAS-D-13-00027.1 Categories: North America, Pacific Ocean, Planning, policy, Risk Assessment, Societal impacts, tribe, indigenous	2014	Global	Link
NOAA, 2014. Status Review of Southeast Alaska Herring (Clupea pallasi): Threats Evaluation and Extinction Risk Analysis. National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region. Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, herring, pacific herring, fisheries, habitat, spawning, stream influence	2014	Alaska	Link
Melillo, Jerry M., T. C. Richmond, and Gary W. Yohe. "Climate change impacts in the United States: the third national climate assessment." US Global change research program 841 (2014). Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, risk, vulnerability, assessment, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of North Carolina. 2014. The United Nations Human Rights Treaty System: U.S. OBLIGATIONS UNDER HUMAN RIGHTS TREATIES: ICCPR 2014 & UPR 2011. Categories: Human Rights, United States Government, International Law	2014	International, National	Link
Climate and Traditional Knowledges Workgroup (CTKW). 2014. Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives. http://climatetkw.wordpress.com/ Categories: traditional knowledges, climate change initiatives, resource, informational framework	2014	National, Pacific Northwest	Link
Brubaker, Mike; Flensburg, Sue; Skarada, Jennifer. 2014. Climate Change and Health Effects in Bristol Bay Region of Alaska. [powerpoint]. Alaska Strategies for Community Health. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium: Center for Climate and Health, Anchorage. Categories: Climate change, Indigenous health, Bristol Bay, Alaska, Arctic, tribe, indigenous	2014	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Norgaard, K. 2014. Karuk Traditional Ecological Knowledge and the Need for Knowledge Sovereignty: Social Cultural and economic Impacts of Denied Access to Traditional Management. Prepared for Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources. Categories: Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Climate Impacts, Knowledge Sovereignty, Self-Determination, Self-Governance, Climate Impacts, Natural Resource Management, Collaboration, Co-Management, Prescribed Burns	2014	Pacific Northwest, California, Northwest
Melillo, Jerry M., Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and Gary W. Yohe, eds. 2014 Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National Climate Assessment. Washington, DC: U.S. Global Change Research Program. Categories: Changing Climate, Water Resources, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, Forests, Ecosystems and Biodiversity, Human Health, Energy, Water, and Land Use, Urban Systems and Infrastructure, indigenous peoples, land use, Rural Communities, Biogeochemical Cycles, Northeast Southeast and Caribbean, Midwest, Great Plains, Southwest, Northwest, Alaska, Hawai‘i and U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands, Oceans and Marine Resources, Coastal Zones, tribe, indigenous	2014	United States	Link
Bennett, N. J., Kadfak, A. & Dearden, P. (2014). The Future We Want: Taking Action in Ban Talae Nok for the Community, the Environment and Climate Change. Victoria, BC: Marine Protected Areas Research Group, University of Victoria. 22 p. Categories: Climate change, indigenous peoples, Ban Talae Nok, tribe, indigenous	2014	Global	Link
Norgaard, K. 2014.Retaining Knowledge Sovereignty: Expanding the Application of Tribal Traditional Knowledge on Forest Lands in the Face of Climate Change. Prepared for the Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources. Categories: Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Knowledge Sovereignty, Natural Resource Management, Climate Impacts	2014	Northwest, California

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.