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
Winters, Chris. 2017. After 90 years, salmon are returning to upper Sultan River. HeraldNET.

Categories: climate change, restoration, conservation, management, repopulation, habitat, spawning

2017 Washington, Pacific Northwest Link
Mohney, G. 2017. How climate change and air pollution can affect your health.

Categories: climate change, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, human health, disease, death

2017 National, United States Link
Levy, Amir. 2017. Facing climate change on the Louisiana bayous – in pictures. The Guardian.

Categories: climate change, seal level, relocation, adaptation, treaty land, reservation

2017 Louisiana Link
Eilperin, J. 2017. The EPA just buried its climate change website for kids.

Categories: climate change, youth, education, social justice, Obama administration, Trump administration,

2017 National Link
Martinez, Danny. 2017. Cycle of Life (video).

Categories: climate change, salmon, adaptation, subsistence, cultural resources, mitigation, social justice, environmental justice, tribal health, Warm Springs

2017 Warm Springs, Oregon, Northwest, Pacific Northwest Link
Tengö, M., R. Hill, P. Malmer, C. M. Raymond, M. Spierenburg, F. Danielsen, T. Elmqvist, C. Folke. 2017. Weaving knowledge systems in IPBES, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26–27:17–25

Categories: climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy

2017 International Link
Watson, Teila. 2017. Indigenous knowledge systems can help solve the problems of climate change.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, traditional knowledge, Indigenous rights, Indigneous science, management, conservation

2017 Australia, Global, International 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
Gregg, R.M. 2017. Incorporating climate change in marine use plans for British Columbia’s First Nations. Summary of a project of the Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast.

Categories: climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science

2017 Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia Link
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
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
Gilles, Nathan G., Josh Foster, Meghan M. Dalton, Philip W. Mote, David E. Rupp, John Stevenson, Katherine A. Serafin, Janan Evans-Wilent, Peter Ruggiero, John T. Abatzoglou, Timothy J. Sheehan, Katherine C. Hegewisch, Denise H. Lach, Jessica Andrepont, and Kathie D. Dello. Responding to Climate Variability and Change in the Pacific Northwest United States: The Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium, September 2010–August 2017 Phase 1 Final Report. The Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC), A NOAA RISA Team. Corvallis, Oregon: College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 2017.

Categories: Pacific Northwest, Climate impacts, communities, modeling, analysis

2017 Pacific Northwest 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
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
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
NOAA Sentinel Site Cooperative. n.d. Keeping Pace: A short guide to navigating sea-level rise models.

Categories: Sea-level Rise, Climate Modeling

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

Categories: health risks, children, socioeconomic, climate change, biohazard, vulnerability, exposure

2016 International Link
Cochran, F., Brunsell, N., Cabalzar, A., Van der Veld, P., Azevedo, E., Azevedo, R., Pedrosa, R., Winegar, L. 2016. Indigenous ecological calendars define scales for climate change and sustainability assessments. Springer 11(1): 69-89.

Categories: Mapping, Traditional Knowledges, Sustainability Science, Natural Resource Management

2016 International Link
Nathan Gilles. 2016. A World Aflame. Oregon Quarterly.

Categories: Climate Impacts, Wildfire, Tribal Adaptation

2016 Northwest Link
2016. Research Ethics: A Source Guide to Conducting Research with Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Geography.

Categories: indigenous science, research, climate change, cultural resources, sovereignty, self-determination

2016 Global Link
LaDuke, Winona. 2016. The Rights of Nature (video). University of Oregon: EMU Ballroom.

Categories: climate achange, fossil fuel, capitalism, pieline, protest, resistance, sovereignty, self-determination, treaty rights

2016 National Link
EPA. Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice. Factsheet. 2016.

Categories: social justice, climate change, socioeconomic, race, citizenship, low-income, biohazard, accessibility, education

2016 International, United States Link
Carolyn van Houten. The First Official Climate Refugees in the U.S. Race Against Time. 2016. National Geographic Online.

Categories: Climate Adaptation, Relocation, Climate Refugee, Isle de Jean Charles, Isle de Jean Charles band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe

2016 Southeast, Gulf of Mexico Link
McDowell Group. 2016. Economic Impact Analysis: Southeast Alaska Transboundary Watershed. Juneau, Anchorage, Alaska: SalmonState.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, transboundary, watershed, streamflow, economic concerns, Taku River, Stikine River, Unuk River, sport fishing, tour operations, policy and management, economic development, planning

2016 Alaska Link
Federal Treaty and Trust Obligations, and Ocean Acidification. Robert T. Anderson, University of Washington School of Law, June 1, 2016. Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pp. 474-95 (2016) University of Washington School of Law Research Paper 2016-17.

Categories: land action, tribal lands, water health, environmental protection, tribal territories, protection of rights, advocacy, trust responsibility

2016 National, International Link
Young people facing climate change. Native America Calling. 2016.

Categories: climate science, climate change, fire hazard, food security, weather patterns

2016 National, International Link
Jeff Smith. 2016. Rising Voices melds indigenous, western science perspectives. UCAR AtmosNews.

Categories: Climate Science, Collaboration, Climate Impacts

2016 National, International Link