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
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
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
Hallum, Mark. 2016. Climate Change May Have Big Impact on American Indian Tribes Out West: The Inquisitr News

Categories: Climate Resilience, Climate Change Vulnerability, Drought & Agriculture.

2016 Western United States. Link
Bronen, R. 2016. Climate Displacement Preparation and Planning in: Leckie, S.and Huggins, C. (editors) Repairing Domestic Displacement Peninsula Principles Taylor and Francis: New York.

Categories: Climate-induced displacement, tribe, indigenous

2016 International, National, Alaska Link
Norton-Smith, Kathryn; Lynn, Kathy; Chief, Karletta; Cozzetto, Karen; Donatuto, Jamie; Hiza Redsteer, Margaret; Kruger, Linda E.; Maldonado, Julie; Viles, Carson; Whyte, Kyle P. 2016. Climate change and indigenous peoples: a synthesis of current impacts and experiences. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-944. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 136 p.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, TEK, traditional knowledge, mitigation, sovereignty,

2016 National Link
UBC News. 2016. Climate change could cut First Nations fisheries’ catch in half.

Categories: Salmon, Herring, Population Decline, Climate Impacts

2016 Northwest, International (Canada), British Columbia 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
Oregon State Interactive Communications. 2016. Native Perspective: Oregon State University. 2016 Oregon, Western United States. Link
Thoman, Rick. 2016. At the Edge of the Wide Water: Southeast Alaska climate and Pacific Ocean variability. National Weather Service, Alaska region, Anchorage, Alaska.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, climate patterns, Pacific ocean, Juneau, winter, snowfall, temperature, oscillation, precipitation, variability, hurricane, El Nino, the Blob, El Oho, Gulf of Alaska 

2016 Alaska Link
Chambers, R.P. and Stephens, W.F., 2016. Principles of International Law That Support Claims of Indian Tribes to Water Resources. UCLA L. Rev., 63, p.1530.
Vancouver

Categories: self-determination, sovereignty, treaty rights, governance, international rights

2016 International, Global Link
McDonald, Rachael. Siletz Tribe Acquires Salmon Habitat On Central Coast. 2016.

Categories: salmon, marine, estuary, wetlands, food sovereignty

2016 Oregon Coast Link
Weatherdon, J.; Ota, Y.; Jones, M.; Close, D.; Cheung, W.2016. Projected Scenarios for Coastal First Nations’ Fisheries Catch Potential under Climate Change: Management Challenges and Opportunities. PLoS ONE. 11: e0145285.

Categories: Traditional Knowledges, Site-Specific Mitigation and Adaptation, Joint-Management, Salmon, Species Decline, Species Range Shift

2016 Northwest, International (Canada), British Columbia Link
K.R. Jones, J.E.M. Watson, H.P. Possingham, C.J. Klein. 2016. Incorporating climate change into spatial conservation prioritisation: A review. Biological Conservation, Volume 194, 121–130. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2015.12.008

Categories: Climate Impacts, Conservation, Climate Modeling, Ecological Restoration

2016 National, International Link
Landis, Ben. Art Helps a Scientific Collaboration Come to Life. TEE. 2016.

Categories: Dine, Navajo Nation, NASA, climate science, risk assessment, weather patterns, natural disasters, hazards

2016 National, Navajo territories, and Midwest Link
Gombay-McGill, Katherine. 2016. Climate and Politics Could Test Arctic People: Futurity.

Categories: Climate Resilience, Climate Vulnerability, Environmental Science, Social Stability, Future Generations.

2016 Alaska, Arctic, Canada. Link
Little, Jeremy S., 2016, Climate Models, Climate Projections, and Uncertainty: A Primer for Southeast Alaska. Alaska Climate Science Center and US Geological Survey.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate models, climate projections, uncertainty, downscaling, local projections, global projections, climate science, geomorphology, coastline, sea level rise,

2016 Alaska Link
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2016. Qualitative Assessment: Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change on Endangered Species Act Recovery Actions for the South Fork Nooksack River, WA. EPA/600/R-16/153. Western Ecology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, restoration, habitat, stream quality, water health, planning, policy,

2016 Washington state, Nooksack Link
Swanston, Christopher W. Janowiak, Maria K. Brandt, Leslie A. Butler, Patricia R. Handler, Stephen D. Shannon, P. Danielle Derby Lewis, Abigail Hall, Kimberly Fahey, Robert T. Scott, Lydia Kerber, Angela Miesbauer, Jason W. Darling, Lindsay. Forest Adaptation Resources: Climate Change Tools and Approaches for Land Managers, 2nd Edition. USDA. 2016. 2016 National Link
Chan, F., Boehm, A.B., Barth, J.A., Chornesky, E.A., Dickson, A.G., Feely, R.A., Hales, B., Hill, T.M., Hofmann, G., Ianson, D., Klinger, T., Largier, J., Newton, J., Pedersen, T.F., Somero, G.N., Sutula, M., Wakefield, W.W., Waldbusser, G.G., Weisberg, S.B., and Whiteman, E.A. The West Coast Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel: Major Findings, Recommendations, and Actions. California Ocean Science Trust, Oakland, California, USA. April 2016.

Categories: Ocean Acidification, Climate Impacts, Hypoxia, Plankton

2016 Puget Sound, Northwest Link
Alaskan village votes to relocate over global warming. CNN. 2016.

Categories: Alaska, Climate change, coastal erosion, sea level, tradition,

2016 Pacific Northwest, Arctic, Alaska, United States Link
Little, Jeremy S., 2016, Downscaled climate projections for southeast Alaska and considerations for use in modeling, management, and planning. Alaska Climate Science Center and US Geological Survey.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, coastal, marine, downscaling, climate projections, historical climate, hydrology, snow,

2016 Alaska Link
Climate Change Adaptation: Traditional Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples Inhabiting the Arctic and Far North. UNESCO. 2016.

Categories: Traditional knowledge, Indigeneity, climate change, mitigation, adaptation

2016 International Link
Rising sea levels are forcing an indigenous tribe from home and could be an example of the future.

Categories: Biloxi, Choctaw, Florida, Native land, climate change, sea level, sea rise, island

2016 Southeast, Bayou, Florida Link
Linn, Emily. US tribes work with scientists against climate change. 2016.

Categories: Choctaw, Oklahoma, Climate change, weather patterns, clean water, drought, vulnerability assessment

2016 Oklahoma, United States, Southeast Link
James H. Thorne, Ryan M. Boynton, Andrew J. Holguin, Joseph A.E. Stewart and Jacquelyn Bjorkman. 2016. A Climate Change Vulnerabillity Assessment of California's Terrestrial Vegetation. Information Center for the Environment: UC Davis. Report Prepared for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Categories: Assessment, Vegetation, Climate Impacts, Climate Modeling, California

2016 California, Northwest, Southwest, West Link
Zimmer, Carl. Global Warming Alters Arctic Food Chain, Scientists Say, With Unforeseeable Results. USDA. 2016.

Categories: tribal relations, current events, agency, tribe, collaboration,

2016 National Link
Stephen B. Weisberg, Nina Bednaršek, Richard A. Feely, Francis Chan, Alexandria B. Boehm, Martha Sutula, Jennifer L. Ruesink, Burke Hales, John L. Largier, Jan A. Newton. 2016. Water quality criteria for an acidifying ocean: Challenges and opportunities for improvement. Ocean & Coastal Management. vol. 126 p. 31-41. doi:10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2016.03.010

Categories: Ocean Acidification, Hypoxia, Climate Impacts, Climate Monitoring

2016 West, Coastal Link
Craig P. Paukert, Abigail J. Lynch, James E. Whitney. Effects of Climate Change on North American Inland Fishes: Introduction to the Special Issue. DOI. 2016.

Categories: fisheries, climate change, fish management, water management

2016 National Link
Dunlap, Tiare. These Native American Youths Are Running 2,000 Miles to Protect Their Water. People. 2016.

Categories: DAPL, pipeline, oil, North Dakota, Standing Rock Reservation, Native Youth, Traditional Knowledge

2016 North Dakota, United States, Standing Rock Reservation, Midwest Link