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
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24797. 2017 health and medicine, public health, prevention, environment, environment health and safety, climate change Link
Lee, J.H., 2017. Improving Native American Tribes’ Voice in International Climate Change Negotiations. American Indian Law Journal, 5(2), p.7. 2017 climate change, adaptation, mitigation, Indigenous people, community resilience, food security, TEK, cultural resources, tradition, cultural genocide, environmental racism National, United States 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
Popovich, N., Schlossberg, T. 2017. 23 Environmental Rules Rolled Back in Trump’s First 100 Days. 2017 climate change, Trump administration, environmentalism, deregulation, emissions, standards, pollution, greenhouse gas regulations, energy, fossil fuels United States, Global, International 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
WHYTE, K. 2017. Way Beyond the Lifeboat: An Indigenous Allegory of Climate Justice. 2017 climate change, TEK, oral histories, Traditional knowledge, Oral transmission on knowledge, climate justice, social justice, community health, Indigenous science United States, International, Global Link
Matias, Cliff. 2017. Indigenous Peoples Lead DC Climate March. 2017 climate change, demonstration, activism, Native rights, human health, social justice, youth justice, Trump administration United States 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
Littel, Jeremy. 2017. Practical Notes on Using Climate Predictions in Alaska. Department of the Interior, USGS, Alaska Climate Science Center, Anchorage, Alaska. 2017 Southeast Alaska, climate science, climate change, climate modeling, climate projections, global climate projections, downscaling, regional climate projections, precipitation, temperature, Alaska Link
McBride, B.B., Sanchez-Trigueros, F., Carver, S.J., Watson, A.E., Stumpff, L.M., Matt, R. and Borrie, W.T., 2017. Participatory Geographic Information Systems as an Organizational Platform for the Integration of Traditional and Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Fire and Fuels Management. Journal of Forestry, 115(1), pp.43-50. 2017 climate change, planning, policy, TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, resource management, fuel, energy National Link
Kettle, N.P., Trainor, S.F. and Loring, P.A., 2017. Conceptualizing the Science-practice Interface: Lessons from a Collaborative Network on the Front-line of Climate Change. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 5, p.33. 2017 decision-making, policy, planning, management, legislation, collaboration, scientific gaps, climate change, adaptation International, National, Untied 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
Trahant, M. 2017. Saving Budget Fights for Another Day: Congress has a spending plan for this year that includes more money for most Native programs through September. 2017 Trump Administration, policy, planning, budget, agencies, tribal assistance, short-term National, United States 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
Clean energy: The challenge of achieving a ‘just transition’ for workers. EcoBusiness. 2017. 2017 climate change, economy, employment, jobs sector, emissions, carbon footprint, adaptation, mitigation Arizona, United States, International Link
Kirkland, J., Flitcroft, R., Reeves, G. and Hessburg, P., 2017. Adaptation to wildfire: A fish story. 2017 stream habitat, salmonid, anadromous fish, restoration, population, management, adaptation, managed wildfire, prescribed burn, wildfire, United States, National, Washington state 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
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
Grunwald, Michael. Environmentalists get a dose of good news. Politico. 2017. 2017 TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, climate change, policy, planning, mitigation, adaptation National Link
Banerjee, N. 2017. Trial Date Set for Children’s Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government 2017 climate change, legislation, policy, social justice, youth justice, human health, future generations, federal court, United Stated, 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
Stephen Pyne. 2017. Recreating forests of the past isn't enough to fix our wildfire problem. 2017 wildfire, managed fire, prescribed burn, management, prevention, ecosystem, beneficial, fuels, fire science, ecology, resilience United States, National Link
Champagne, Duane. 2017. Trump’s Policies Threaten Tribal Sovereignty. IndianCountry Today. 2017 Trump Administration, BIA, federal assistance, grants, financial assistance Link
Nicholson, B. 2017. Dakota Access review to re-examine impact on tribe. WKOW. 2017 DAPL, Dakota Access pipeline, fossil fuels, oil industry, Standing Rock Sioux, environmental justice, social justice, Native rights, treaty rights, community health, human health, self-determination, self-governance, sovereignty North Dakota, Illinois, 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
United States, Congress, “2016 USDA Resource Guide for American Indians & Alaska Natives .” 2016 USDA Resource Guide for American Indians & Alaska Natives , 2017 2017 resource, USDA, Tribes, Tribal entities National Link
Lundgren, H., Cook, K. 2017. Telling the “Good Fire” Story: Two Communities’ Prescribed Fire Outreach Efforts. 2017 wildfire, managed burn, prescribed burn, management, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, community resilience, air quality, ecosystem, habitat Washington state, United States, National 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
Matthews, S. 2017. Grizzly Bears Are Now the Victims of the Trump Administration’s Climate Denialism. 2017 conservation, climate change, climate denial, endangered species, de-listed, tribal consultation, hunting, grizzly bears California, Nevada, yellostone National Park, 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

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