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
Harbarger, M. 2017. Bipartisan U.S. Senate committee supports safety bill for Columbia River tribal sites. The Oregonian. 2017 safety, hazard, legislation, policy, tribal welfare, community health, wellness, fisheries, salmon, wildfire, Oregon, Washington Link
Sparling, E., P. Byer, P. Cobb and H. Auld. (2017). Best Practices for Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change in Project-Level Environmental Assessments. Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources (OCCIAR) and Risk Sciences International (RSI). 2017 climate change, climate change impacts, environmental assessment, planning, adaptation 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
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
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
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
Guide for Considering Climate Change in Coastal Conservation. NOAA. 2016. 2017 conservation, climate change, coastal, riparian, wetlands, estuary, marine health, flood, planning, assessment National, International Link
Meeker, D., 2017 A Synthesis of Climate Adaptation Planning Needs in Alaska Native Communities. 2017 Southeast Alaska, climate change, adaptation, policy, planning, management, interagency support, TEK, , oral tradition, climate science, research,  Alaska Link
Wong, E. 2017. China Poised to Take Lead on Climate After Trump’s Move to Undo Policies. 2017 climate change, adaptation, mitigation, greenhouse gasses, emissions, standards, limits, climate leader, world power China, United States, International, Global Link
Sankey, J. B., Kreitler, J., Hawbaker, T. J., McVay, J. L., Miller, M. E., Mueller, E. R., . . . Sankey, T. T. (2017). Climate, wildfire, and erosion ensemble foretells more sediment in western USA watersheds. Geophysical Research Letters. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2017GL073979. 2017 climate change, wildfire, erosion, water quality, water supply, watershed health, sedimentation United States 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
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
Hatfield, S. C. 2017. The Importance of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) When Examining Climate Change. 2017 TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, climate science, climate change, management, Pacific Northwest, United States Link
Fears, D. 2017. Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise ‘will not be kept,’ experts say. 2017 climate change, coal, unrestricted, pollution, emissions, greenhouse gasses, energy, industry, natural gas National 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
Champagne, Duane. 2017. Trump’s Policies Threaten Tribal Sovereignty. IndianCountry Today. 2017 Trump Administration, BIA, federal assistance, grants, financial assistance 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
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
Morrow, Allison. 2017. Nisqually tribe won't fish chum after historic decision. King 5 News. 2017 climate change, conservation, fisheries, salmon, population, habitat, restoration, conservation, sustainability, marine, fisheries, subsistence, commercial, industrial, traditional foods Washignton State, Pacific Northwest, Nisqually Link
Popovich, N. 2017. Trump’s Executive Order Pushes the U.S. Climate Pledge Further Out of Reach. New York Times. 2017 climate change, emissions, standards, greenhouse gasses, regulations, deregulated 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
Levy, Amir. 2017. Facing climate change on the Louisiana bayous – in pictures. The Guardian. 2017 climate change, seal level, relocation, adaptation, treaty land, reservation Louisiana 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
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
Holden, Emily, 2017. Was the Clean Power Plan Really Bad for the Economy? 2017 greenhouse gas regulations, deregulated, coal, natural gas, Clean Power Plan, Trump Administration, energy, footprint National 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
SBS. 2017. US won't budge on climate change despite Indigenous groups and Arctic nations' pleas. 2017 climate change, arctic, Alaska, legislation, Trump Administration, global warming Arctic, Alaska 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
Hill, D. 2017. Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land. The Guardian. 2017 religion, catholicism, sovereignty, self-determination, stewardship, jurisdiction, policy International, Global Link

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