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
Finn, Symma, et al. “The Value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge for the Environmental Health Sciences and Biomedical Research.” Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 125, no. 8, Aug. 2017, doi:10.1289/ehp858.

Categories: TEK, preservation, oral tradition, culture, tradition, language

2017 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
Reuters. 2017. Indigenous people best custodians of threatened forests, studies show.

Categories: climate change, deforestation, forestry, mitigation, adaptation, jurisdiction, restricted access, technical assistance, planning, policy, conservation,

2017 National, Global, International Link
Friedman, L. 2017. Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report. The New York Times.

Categories: cliamte chagne, Tru,p Administration, white house, planning, policy, legislation, adaptation, mitigation, coal, emissions, carbon, green house gases,

2017 United States, National Link
Cisneros-Montemayor AM, Pauly D, Weatherdon LV, Ota Y (2016) A Global Estimate of Seafood Consumption by Coastal Indigenous Peoples. PLoS ONE 11(12): e0166681. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166681

Categories: climate change, marine, fisheries, aquaculture, seafood, mitigation, adaptation, food justice, economy, subsistence

2017 International Link
Harbarger, M. 2017. Bipartisan U.S. Senate committee supports safety bill for Columbia River tribal sites. The Oregonian.

Categories: safety, hazard, legislation, policy, tribal welfare, community health, wellness, fisheries, salmon, wildfire,

2017 Oregon, Washington Link
Sen, Basav. 2017. Trump's War on the Climate.

Categories: climate change, federal court, resistance, social justice, climate justice, climate science, denial

2017 United States, National, Global Link
Milman, O. 2017. US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal. The Guardian.

Categories: climate change, climate denial, scoial change, trump administration, policy, legislation, protocol, white house

2017 Untied States, National Link
For indigenous communities, fish mean much more than food. The Conversation. 2017.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, marine, water health, fisheries, aquaculture, commercial, subsistence, self-determination, traditional ecological knowledge,

2017 National Link
Wong, E. 2017. China Poised to Take Lead on Climate After Trump’s Move to Undo Policies.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, greenhouse gasses, emissions, standards, limits, climate leader, world power

2017 China, United States, International, Global Link
Philippe. 2017. Food forests are helping these Native American reservations eat healthier.

Categories: climate change, seasonal migration, food production, food justice, social justice, climate justice, human health, noncommunicable diseases, local, sustainable, diet, nutrition, education, access

2017 National Link
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24797.

Categories: health and medicine, public health, prevention, environment, environment health and safety, climate change

2017 Link
Lipton, E., Meier, B. 2017. Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands. The New York Times.

Categories: coal, emissions, green house gases, climate change, industry, regulations, policy, planning, legislation, jobs, employment, economy, export,

2017 United States, National Link
Fears, D. 2017. Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise ‘will not be kept,’ experts say.

Categories: climate change, coal, unrestricted, pollution, emissions, greenhouse gasses, energy, industry, natural gas

2017 National Link
Barrera, S. 2017. Cherokee playwright tackles love, climate change at Autry.

Categories: playwright, theater, climate justice, climate change, court, law, legislation, planning, policy

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
n.a. 2016. Indigenous women in Peru combat climate change and boost economy. UN Women.

Categories: climate change, Native women, Indigeneity, adaptation, TEK, ancestral practices, tradition, agriculture, economy, management, planning, social justice, gender equality, food justice

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

Categories: Climate Impacts, Wildfire, Tribal Adaptation

2016 Northwest Link
Martinez, Ricardo S. Appeal from the Unite States District Court for the Western District of Washington. United States v. Washington State. 2016.

Categories: salmon, water rights, jurisdiction, WA, culvert, fish habitat, treaty violations, state

2016 National, Washington state Link

Categories: Southeast Alaska, streamflow, hydrology, adaptation, fisheries, management

2016 Alaska 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
Inspiring Resilience: Indigenous Disaster Resilience. in HazNet: The Magazine of the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network. 2016.

Categories: climate change, model, adaptation, mitigation, risk, health, planning, policy, current events, news

2016 Canada, 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
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
Jacobs, Jeremy P. WATER RIGHTS: Wash. seeks rehearing of 'terribly unfair' salmon ruling. Greenwire. 2016.

Categories: salmon, habitat restoration, water rights, treaty violations, WA, culverts

2016 Washignton State, Pacific Northwest, United States Link
Rupp, D.E., Abatzoglou, J.T. and Mote, P.W., 2016. Projections of 21st century climate of the Columbia River Basin. Climate Dynamics, pp.1-17.

Categories: climate change, baseline, climate science, projections, outcomes, mitigation, adaptation, policy, planning, support

2016 Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Columbia River Basin 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