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
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
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
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
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
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
Muhlfeld CC, Kovach RP, Al-Chokhachy R, et al. In press. Legacy introductions and climatic variation explain spatiotemporal patterns of invasive hybridization in a native trout. Global Change Biology 00:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.13681

Categories: climate change, mitigation, adaptation, fisheries, salmon, salmonid, restoration, habitat, hybrid, threatened

2017 Western U.S. Link
SBS. 2017. US won't budge on climate change despite Indigenous groups and Arctic nations' pleas.

Categories: climate change, arctic, Alaska, legislation, Trump Administration, global warming

2017 Arctic, Alaska Link
Blackfeet Nation. 2017. Holistic Conservation is Not New to the Blackfeet Nation.

Categories: climate change, stewardship, planning, management, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, Tradition, cultural practices

2017 Montana 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
Dalton, M.M, K.D. Dello, L. Hawkins, P.W. Mote, and D.E. Rupp (2017) The Third Oregon Climate Assessment Report, Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, College of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.

Categories: climate change, mitigation, adaptation, weather, patterns, energy, footprint, planning, policy

2017 Oregon, Pacific Northwest Link
Holden, Emily, 2017. Was the Clean Power Plan Really Bad for the Economy?

Categories: greenhouse gas regulations, deregulated, coal, natural gas, Clean Power Plan, Trump Administration, energy, footprint

2017 National Link
Charnley, S., Kelly, E.C. and Wendel, K.L., 2017. All Lands Approaches to Fire Management in the Pacific West: A Typology. Journal of Forestry, 115(1), pp.16-25. DOI 10.5849/jof.15-092

Categories: climate change, mitigation, adaptation, resource management, fire, suppression, fuels, reduction, risk

2017 Western United States Link
Geiling, Natasha. 2017. Climate change is already forcing U.S. communities to abandon their homes. Think Progress.

Categories: climate change, relocation, natural disaster, hazard, human health, land loss, adaptation, legislation

2017 National Link
n.a. 2017. Prof. Rebecca Tsosie: Current Issues in Intellectual Property Rights to Cultural Resources. Native American Rights Fund.

Categories: United Nations, UNDRIP, Indigenous rights, intellectual property, TEK, cultural practices, traditions, legislation, policy

2017 International, Global, United States Link
Eilperin, J., Dennis, B. 2017. Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record. Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record

Categories: EPA, coal emissions, greenhouse gas regulations, energy, clean energy, alternative, climate change, mitigation, policy

2017 National, Global Link
Reilly, M.J., Dunn, C.J., Meigs, G.W., Spies, T.A., Kennedy, R.E., Bailey, J.D. and Briggs, K., 2017. Contemporary patterns of fire extent and severity in forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA (1985–2010). Ecosphere, 8(3):e01695. DOI 10.1002/ecs2.1695

Categories: wildfire, fire, fuels, management, climate change, adaption, reduction, mitigation, planning policy, prevention

2017 Western United States. Link
Light, John. 2017. Kids Suing Trump Hope the Courts Step Up on Climate Change. Bill Moyers.

Categories: climate change, litigation, legislation, supreme court, trump administration, supreme court, OCT, Our Children's Trust

2017 National Link
Dhillon, C.M., 2017. Using citizen science in environmental justice: participation and decision-making in a Southern California waste facility siting conflict. Local Environment, pp.1-18.

Categories: climate change, planning, policy, management, zoning, development, waste programs, community, collaboration

2017 National, United States Link
Hugo, Kristen. 2017. Native Americans brace for impact as EPA undergoes changes.

Categories: climate change, tribes, mitigation, adaptation, funding, technical support, management, infrastructure, at-risk communities, social change,

2017 National Link
Davenport, C., Rubin, A. J. 2017Trump Signs Executive Order Unwinding Obama Climate Policies.

Categories: coal emissions, greenhouse gas regulations, deregulated, Clean Power Act, Trump administration, EPA, climate change, mitigation

2017 National, International Link
Foytlin, Cherri. 2017. Indigenous Youth Took Center Stage at the People's Climate March. alternet.com

Categories: climate change, social justice, racial justice, environmental justice, climate march

2017 National Link
Lee, J.H., 2017. Improving Native American Tribes’ Voice in International Climate Change Negotiations. American Indian Law Journal, 5(2), p.7.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, Indigenous people, community resilience, food security, TEK, cultural resources, tradition, cultural genocide, environmental racism

2017 National, United States Link
Fatorić, S. and Seekamp, E., 2017. Are cultural heritage and resources threatened by climate change? A systematic literature review. Climatic Change, pp.1-28.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, marine health, fisheries, coast, habitat

2017 Southeast Link
Carmen, A., Borrero, R. 2017. IITC (International Indian Treaty Council) Urges US to Rescind Trump’s Recent Actions Due to Human Rights Issues.

Categories: tribal rights, human health, cultural practice, spirituality, religion, sovereignty, self-determination,

2017 National, International, Untied States Link
Hallema, D.W., Sun, G., Bladon, K.D., Norman, S.P., Caldwell, P.V., Liu, Y. and McNulty, S.G. In press. Regional Patterns of Post‐Wildfire Streamflow Response in the Western United States: The Importance of Scale‐Specific Connectivity. Hydrological Processes. DOI: 10.1002/hyp.11208.

Categories: wildfire, fire, fuels, suppression, prevention, climate change, management, planning, policy, mitigation, adaptation

2017 Western United States Link
Lockwood, Devi. 2017. Ranchers and Tribes Unite Once Again to Fight the Keystone XL. yesmagazine.com

Categories: climate change, pipeline, fossil fuels, pollution, environmental degradation, human health, water quality, legislation, capitalism

2017 Nebraska Link
WHYTE, K. 2017. Way Beyond the Lifeboat: An Indigenous Allegory of Climate Justice.

Categories: climate change, TEK, oral histories, Traditional knowledge, Oral transmission on knowledge, climate justice, social justice, community health, Indigenous science

2017 United States, International, Global Link
Javelosa, J., Norman, A. 2017. A River Was Just Granted the Same Legal Rights as a Human Being.

Categories: tribal rights, sovereignty, self-determination, human health, community health, social justice, policy,

2017 New Zealand Link
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

Categories: climate change, produce, adaptation, sustainability, weather patterns, temperature, insect, disease, planning, policy

2017 Western United States. Link