Literature

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 Yearsort ascending Category Geography Website
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 2017 climate change, produce, adaptation, sustainability, weather patterns, temperature, insect, disease, planning, policy Western United States. Link
n.a. 2017. New Report Reveals Bank Policies Fail to Respond to Climate Risks. Commondreams. 2017 climate change, financial assistance, insurance, lending, loans, fossil fuels, finance, energy, greenhouse gas, coal United States, National Link
Weiser, Matt. 2017. A guide to the EPA data under threat by the Trump administration. The Guardian. 2017 trump administration, budget cuts, EPA, environmentalism, unregulated, planning, policy, legislature, white house Natioanl Link
Jason Searle, Exploring Alternatives to the "Consultation or Consent" Paradigm, 6 Mich. J. Envtl. & Admin. L. 485 (2017). 2017 DAPL, pipeline, North Dakota, Rosebud Sioux, Lakota, legislation, policy, litigation North Dakota, National 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 2017 climate change, produce, adaptation, mitigation, agriculture, sustainability, climate predictions, planning, management Pacific Northwest Link
Ross, A. 2017. Kilmer: Down the congressional rabbit hole. 2017 climate change, Trump Administration, shellfish, fisheries, coastal relocation, Native health,community wellness, congress, representation Washington state Link
Capriccioso, Rob. 2017. Plea to Trump: Protect White House Council on Native American Affairs. Indian Country Media Network. 2017 social justice, sovereignty, tribal protection, treaty, trump administration, budget cuts, planning, policy, legislation National Link
Flatt, Courtney. 2017. Proposed EPA Cuts Could Pose Big Problems For Tribes. KUOW. 2017 budget cuts, support, climate change, environmental hazard, trump administration, white house, legislation, planning, policy, grants National 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. 2017 Pacific Northwest, Climate impacts, communities, modeling, analysis Pacific Northwest Link
Living on Earth. 2017. Land on Fire. 2017 cliamte change, wildfire, forest fire, management, risk, hazard, human health, safety, disaster prevention, disaster relief, planning, policy National, United States Link
Banerjee, N., Hirji, Z. 2017.Fighting Climate Change Can Be a Lonely Battle in Oil Country, Especially for a Kid. 2017 climate change, fossil fuels, Louisiana, environmentalism, social justice, environmental justice, emissions regulations Louisiana, United States, National Link
Pierre-Louis, K. 2017. If the EPA doesn't believe in science, what is it good for? Popular Science. 2017 claimtea change, environmental protection, budget cuts, governemntal agency, funding, climate science, trump administration, white house. legislation, planning, policy National Link
Alexandra Paige Fischer & Tim G. Frazier (2018) Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in Temperate Forest Areas: New Measures of Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108:3, 658-678, DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2017.1387046 2017 climate change impacts, forest and plant health, community health, social vulnerability, adaptation, climate modeling Pacific Northwest Link
United States Forest Service. 2017. Tribal Relations News and Events, Summer 2017. 2017 Tribal relations, collaboration, interagency, federal assistance, trust relationship, Shawnee, Tlingit, Cherokee, Hopi, Apache, huckleberries Washington state, Oklahoma, National, United States 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. 2017 treaties, legislation, policy, management, Federal recognition, traditional lands, treaty lands, sovereignty, self determination Oregon Link
Lee, J. 2017. There Are Climate Change Refugees in the U.S. Right Now. 2017 climate change, refugee, relocation, natural disaster, hazard, victims, human health, community justice, social justice Untied States Link
Harvey, C. 2017. This climate lawsuit could change everything. No wonder the Trump administration doesn’t want it going to trial. The Washington Post. 2017 trump administration, climate change, lawsuit, OCT, federal government, supreme court, mitigation, emissions, standards, legislation National Link
A Just Resilience. Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center. August 20, 2017. 2017 climate change, Charlottesville, racism, white supremacy, social inequality, Trump Administration, white house National, United States Link
Wilson, Conrad. 2017. Northwest Tribes Call For End To Moving Fossil Fuels Through Gorge. PBS. 2017 fossil fuels, oil, pollution, spill, environmental degradation, sacred places, tribes, sovereignty, self determination Oregon Link
Dockter, A. 2017. Native Nations Address Climate Change Challenges with Tools of Collaboration. 2017 climate change, natural disaster, hazard, human health, community, social justice, conservation, management, policy, adaptation, mitigation National, United States Link
Mundahl, E. 2017. Tribes’ Statement on Paris Agreement Shows Limits of Tribal Authority. 2017 climate change, paris climate agreement, Trump Administration, sovereignty, self-determination, self-governance, limited authority, social justice, environmental justice National, United States Link
Winters, Chris. 2017. After 90 years, salmon are returning to upper Sultan River. HeraldNET. 2017 climate change, restoration, conservation, management, repopulation, habitat, spawning Washington, Pacific Northwest Link
McKenna, Phil. 2017. Alaska's Grizzly Bears Drop Salmon for Berries as Climate Changes. 2017 climate change, alaska, Kodiak, grizzly bear, brown bear, salmon, seasonal diet, elderberries, berries, ecology Alaska, Pacific Northwest Coast, North Pacific, Northwest Link
Hsiang, S., Kopp, R., Jina, A., Rising, J., Delgado, M., Mohan, S., Rasmussen, D.J., Muir-Wood, R., Wilson, P., Oppenheimer, M. and Larsen, K., 2017. Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States. Science, 356(6345), pp.1362-1369. 2017 climate change, weather patterns, precipitation, short-term, climate science, projections, United States 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 2017 climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy International Link
Marsh, Rene. 2017. Trump administration dismisses climate change advisory panel. 2017 climate change, Trump administration, white house, advisory panel, climate science, politics, legislation National, United States Link
Champagne, Duane. 2017. Trump’s Policies Threaten Tribal Sovereignty. IndianCountry Today. 2017 Trump Administration, BIA, federal assistance, grants, financial assistance Link
Mohney, G. 2017. How climate change and air pollution can affect your health. 2017 climate change, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, human health, disease, death National, United States 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. 2017 climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia Link
AMS. 2017. State of the Climate in 2016. 2017 climate change, meteorology, carbon emissions, expectations, observations International, Global Link

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