Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

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
Leigh Brown, Patricia. 2017. Traditions Revived at a Tribal Culture Camp. The New York Times Categories: PNW, culture	2017	Pacific Northwest, California	Link
Capriccioso, Rob. 2017. Plea to Trump: Protect White House Council on Native American Affairs. Indian Country Media Network. Categories: social justice, sovereignty, tribal protection, treaty, trump administration, budget cuts, planning, policy, legislation	2017	National	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
Wilson, Conrad. 2017. Northwest Tribes Call For End To Moving Fossil Fuels Through Gorge. PBS. Categories: fossil fuels, oil, pollution, spill, environmental degradation, sacred places, tribes, sovereignty, self determination	2017	Oregon	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
Flatt, Courtney. 2017. Proposed EPA Cuts Could Pose Big Problems For Tribes. KUOW. Categories: budget cuts, support, climate change, environmental hazard, trump administration, white house, legislation, planning, policy, grants	2017	National	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
Pierre-Louis, K. 2017. If the EPA doesn't believe in science, what is it good for? Popular Science. Categories: claimtea change, environmental protection, budget cuts, governemntal agency, funding, climate science, trump administration, white house. legislation, 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
Champagne, Duane. 2017. Trump’s Policies Threaten Tribal Sovereignty. IndianCountry Today. Categories: Trump Administration, BIA, federal assistance, grants, financial assistance	2017		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
Harvey, C. 2017. This climate lawsuit could change everything. No wonder the Trump administration doesn’t want it going to trial. The Washington Post. Categories: trump administration, climate change, lawsuit, OCT, federal government, supreme court, mitigation, emissions, standards, legislation	2017	National	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
Levy, Amir. 2017. Facing climate change on the Louisiana bayous – in pictures. The Guardian. Categories: climate change, seal level, relocation, adaptation, treaty land, reservation	2017	Louisiana	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
Winters, Chris. 2017. After 90 years, salmon are returning to upper Sultan River. HeraldNET. Categories: climate change, restoration, conservation, management, repopulation, habitat, spawning	2017	Washington, Pacific Northwest	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
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
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 Categories: climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy	2017	International	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
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
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. Categories: climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science	2017	Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia	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
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. Categories: Pacific Northwest, Climate impacts, communities, modeling, analysis	2017	Pacific Northwest	Link
Guide for Considering Climate Change in Coastal Conservation. NOAA. 2016. Categories: conservation, climate change, coastal, riparian, wetlands, estuary, marine health, flood, planning, assessment	2017	National, International	Link
Popovich, N. 2017. Trump’s Executive Order Pushes the U.S. Climate Pledge Further Out of Reach. New York Times. Categories: climate change, emissions, standards, greenhouse gasses, regulations, deregulated	2017	National	Link
Webber, T., Brown, M. 2017. Environmentalists, tribe file lawsuit over Trump climate order. Categories: climate change, emissions, carbon, clean air, air quality, human health, youth, children, future, generations,	2017	National, International, Washington D.C.	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.