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
Landers, Rich. 2017. Columbia River sees near-record shad run; steelhead numbers are down. Categories: salmon, fisheries, tribal health, water health, watershed, climate change	2017	Oregon, Washington, Columbia River Basin	Link
Hallema, D.W., Sun, G., Bladon, K.D., Norman, S.P., Caldwell, P.V., Liu, Y. and McNulty, S.G. In press. Regional Patterns of Post‐Wildfire Streamflow Response in the Western United States: The Importance of Scale‐Specific Connectivity. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11208. Categories: wildfire, fire, fuels, suppression, prevention, climate change, management, planning, policy, mitigation, adaptation	2017	Western United States	Link
Davenport, M. E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board. New York Times. Categories: climate change, climate change denial, denier, anti-science, corporate, EPA, agency reduction	2017	National	Link
Oregon Public Health Division. 2017. Climate and Health Equity. Categories: climate change, human helth, equity, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy, management	2017	Oregon, Northwest, Pacific Northwest	Link
Fatorić, S. and Seekamp, E., 2017. Are cultural heritage and resources threatened by climate change? A systematic literature review. Climatic Change, pp.1-28. Categories: climate change, adaptation, marine health, fisheries, coast, habitat	2017	Southeast	Link
Page, Samantha. 2017. Tribal, environmental groups sue over methane rule delay. ThinkProgress. Categories: Trump Administration, climate change, tribes, legislation, policy, methane, BLM, emissions, standards	2017	United States	Link
Houston, L., Capalbo, S., Seavert, C., Dalton, M., Bryla, D. and Sagili, R., 2017. In press. Specialty fruit production in the Pacific Northwest: adaptation strategies for a changing climate. Climatic Change, pp.1-13. DOI:10.1007/s10584-017-1951-y Categories: climate change, produce, adaptation, sustainability, weather patterns, temperature, insect, disease, planning, policy	2017	Western United States.	Link
Geiling, Natasha. 2017. Climate kids to get their day in court against the Trump administration. Categories: OCT, climate change, lawsuit, federal court, legislation, policy, carbon, emissions, youth, social justice	2017	National	Link
Categories: climate change, natural disaster, human health, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy, management, decison-making	2017	Oregon, Northwest, Pacific Northwest	Link
n.a. 2017. Standing Rock's fight against Dakota pipeline not over as tribe plans for fossil-free future. Green Left Weekly. Categories: Standing rock, pipeline, legislation, lawsuit, climate change, policy, planning, fossil fuels, pollution	2017	North Dakota	Link
Stöckle, C.O., Higgins, S., Nelson, R., Abatzoglou, J., Huggins, D., Pan, W., Karimi, T., Antle, J., Eigenbrode, S.D. and Brooks, E. In press. Evaluating opportunities for an increased role of winter crops as adaptation to climate change in dryland cropping systems of the US Inland Pacific Northwest. Climatic Change, pp.1-15. DOI:10.1007/s10584-017-1950-z Categories: climate change, produce, adaptation, mitigation, agriculture, sustainability, climate predictions, planning, management	2017	Pacific Northwest	Link
Duyck, S. 2017. US joins UN resolution to protect human rights from climate change. Climate Home. Categories: UN, climate change, adaptation, mitigation, children, youth, social justice, future, Trump administration	2017	National	Link
Leigh Brown, Patricia. 2017. Traditions Revived at a Tribal Culture Camp. The New York Times Categories: PNW, culture	2017	Pacific Northwest, California	Link
soffen, K., Lu, D., 2017. All the things Trump cuts in his budget. Washington Post. Categories: trump administration, white house, planning, policy, management, congress, house of representatives, legislature, governmental agencies, budget cuts	2017	National
LaPier, Rosalyn R. 2017. Climate change could disrupt tribes’ religious practices. High Country News. Categories: climate change, tribes, religion, spirituality, self-determination, cultural expression, freedom, accessibility,	2017	National, United States	Link
The Dakota Access Pipeline, Environmental Injustice, and U.S. Colonialism. 2017. In Red Ink: An International Journal of Indigenous Literature, Arts, & Humanities. Categories: environmental justice, social change, protest, demonstration, fossil fuel, capitalism, indigenous, sovereignty, self-determination, treaty rights	2017	Midwest, National, North Dakota	Link
Pringle, Heather. 2017. In the Land of Lost Gardens. Hakai Magazine. Categories: ethnobotany, TEK, traditional knowledge, plants, first foods, traditional foods,	2017	British Colombia, Canada, Pacific Northwest	Link
Harrington, Samantha. 2017. A Native American tribe is helping a forest adapt to climate change. Yale Climate Connections Categories: adaptation, forests, climate change	2017	Wisconsin, Upper Midwest	Link
Weiser, Matt. 2017. A guide to the EPA data under threat by the Trump administration. The Guardian. Categories: trump administration, budget cuts, EPA, environmentalism, unregulated, planning, policy, legislature, white house	2017	Natioanl	Link
United States, Congress, “2016 USDA Resource Guide for American Indians & Alaska Natives .” 2016 USDA Resource Guide for American Indians & Alaska Natives , 2017 Categories: resource, USDA, Tribes, Tribal entities	2017	National	Link
Emanuel, Ryan E. 2017. Flawed environmental justice analyses. Categories: tribes, climate change, pipeline, pollution, emissions, fossil fuels, environmental racism, social justice, human rights	2017	United States, National	Link
PBS. 2017. Broken Treaties: The history of the native people of Oregon and how they went from possessing 100 percent of the state's land to nearly none of it. Categories: treaties, legislation, policy, management, Federal recognition, traditional lands, treaty lands, sovereignty, self determination	2017	Oregon	Link
Capriccioso, Rob. 2017. Plea to Trump: Protect White House Council on Native American Affairs. Indian Country Media Network. Categories: social justice, sovereignty, tribal protection, treaty, trump administration, budget cuts, planning, policy, legislation	2017	National	Link
Gilles, Nathan. 2017. Adaptation Partners. The Climate CIRCulator. Categories: partnership, inter agency collaboration, multiple jurisdiction, climate change, adaptation,	2017	Pacific Northwest, Washignton State	Link
Wilson, Conrad. 2017. Northwest Tribes Call For End To Moving Fossil Fuels Through Gorge. PBS. Categories: fossil fuels, oil, pollution, spill, environmental degradation, sacred places, tribes, sovereignty, self determination	2017	Oregon	Link
Belfer, E., Ford, J.D. & Maillet, M. Climatic Change (2017) 145: 57. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-017-2076-z Categories: climate change, media coverage, colonialism, marginalization, traditional knowledge,	2017	Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand	Link
Flatt, Courtney. 2017. Proposed EPA Cuts Could Pose Big Problems For Tribes. KUOW. Categories: budget cuts, support, climate change, environmental hazard, trump administration, white house, legislation, planning, policy, grants	2017	National	Link
Halofsky, J.E., Peterson, D.L. and Prendeville, H.R., 2017. Assessing vulnerabilities and adapting to climate change in northwestern US forests. Climatic Change, pp.1-14. Categories: climate chagne, adaptation, inter agency collaboration, partnerships, multiple jurisdiction, transboundary, management,	2017	Pacific Northwest, Washington state	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
“Chickasaw Nation sustainability scientist April Taylor: U.S. Indigenous Communities Building Capacity to Confront the Impact Climate Change.” Between the Lines, Squeaky Wheel Productions, 13 Dec. 2017, www.btlonline.org/2017/seg/171222cf-btl-taylor.html. Categories: sustainability, climate change impacts, tribal water rights, climate change adaptation, capacity training	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.