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
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
Morrow, Allison. 2017. Nisqually tribe won't fish chum after historic decision. King 5 News. Categories: climate change, conservation, fisheries, salmon, population, habitat, restoration, conservation, sustainability, marine, fisheries, subsistence, commercial, industrial, traditional foods	2017	Washignton State, Pacific Northwest, Nisqually	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
Kahn, Brian. 2017. The EPA has started to remove Obama-era information. Categories: climate change, trump administration, Obama Administration, white house, federal, protection,administration, legislation	2017	National, United States	Link
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
Littel, Jeremy. 2017. Practical Notes on Using Climate Predictions in Alaska. Department of the Interior, USGS, Alaska Climate Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate science, climate change, climate modeling, climate projections, global climate projections, downscaling, regional climate projections, precipitation, temperature,	2017	Alaska	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
Watt-Cloutier, Sheila. 2017. The right to be cold is key to addressing climate change says Nobel nominee. Categories: climate change, arctic, Inuit, Inupiaq, TEK, Traditional ecological knowledge, weather patterns, polar ice sheets, temperature, adaptation, mitigation	2017	Arctic, Alaska, Canada, United States, Global, International	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
Hill, D. 2017. Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land. The Guardian. Categories: religion, catholicism, sovereignty, self-determination, stewardship, jurisdiction, policy	2017	International, Global	Link
Clayton, S., Manning, C. M., Krygsman, K., & Speiser, M. (2017). Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, and ecoAmerica. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, human health, community, climate science, recommendations, planning, policy	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
n.a. 2017. Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans arrived. Phys Org. Categories: climate change, climate science, ancient climate, colonization, settlement, past projections,	2017	North America, Minnesota, Great Plains, Midwest	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
Melvin, A.M., Murray, J., Boehlert, B. et al. Climatic Change (2017) 141: 783. doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1923-2 Categories: climate change, wildfire, adaptation, mitigation, water quality, biodiversity, expense, cost, alaska	2017	Alaska, United States	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
Grey, Eva. 2017. Arctic indigenous leaders speak up about the dangers of increased shipping. Ship-Technology. Categories: climate change, oceans, marine health, shipping, freight, oil freight, oil spills, pollution, fisheries, ecosystem, sustainability, conservation, preservation	2017	Alaska, Russia, Canada	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
Mateo-Vega, J., Potvin, C., Monteza, J., Bacorizo, J., Barrigón, J., Barrigón, R., López, N., Omi, L., Opua, M., Serrano, J., Cushman, K. C., & Meyer, C. (2017). Full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in forest monitoring for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+): trial in Panama’s Darién. Ecosphere, 8(2). doi:10.1002/ecs2.1635 Categories: A recent study found that well-trained Indigenous technicians are just as effective at collecting the necessary data to monitor forest carbon emission viability.	2017	South America	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
Marks-Block, Tony. 2017. Karuk Tribe, Forest Service and EcoAdapt Meet to Explore Climate Change Adaptation. North Coast. Categories: climate change, prescribed burning, controlled burn, fire management, wildfire, risk, assessment, management, conservation, sustainability, planning, policy	2017	California, Oregon, West Coast, Pacific Northwest Coast	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
Abatzoglou, J.T. and Rupp, D.E. In press. Evaluating climate model simulations of drought for the northwestern United States. International Journal of Climatology. DOI:10.1002/joc.5046 Categories: climate change, climate science, predictions, indicators, hydrology, planning, management	2017	Northwest, 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
Subbaraman, N. 2017. The Trump Administration’s Climate Denial Could Be Catastrophic For Tribes. Buzzfeed. Categories: climate change, trump administration, climate denial, stall, funding, support, policy, planning, federal support, vulnerability, at-risk communities, traditional foods, subsistence, economy	2017	Alaska, Gulf Coast, Washington, Canada, Oregon, California, Mexico, Texas, Northwest Coast, Pacific	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
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
Mcdermott, Amy. 2017. Growing change: Homegrown food is one safety net in a less stable world for Native Americans. SALON. Categories: food security, subsistence, climate change, diabetes, human health, food-borne illness, sustainability, commodities, garden,	2017	California, Smith River, Tolowa, West Coast, United States, Global, International, the Americas	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.