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
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
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
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography. 2017 education, outreach, research, accessibility, planning, outreach International Link
Philippe. 2017. Food forests are helping these Native American reservations eat healthier. 2017 climate change, seasonal migration, food production, food justice, social justice, climate justice, human health, noncommunicable diseases, local, sustainable, diet, nutrition, education, access National 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
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
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
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
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography. 2017 education, outreach, research, accessibility, planning, outreach International Link
Babcock, Hope M. “Here Today, Gone Tomorrow--Is Global Climate Change Another White Man ’s Trick to Get Indian Land? The Role of Treaties in Protecting Tribes as They Adapt to Climate Change.” Michigan State Law Review, 2017, pp. 370–423., scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3029&context=facpub. 2017 climate change impacts, cultural resources, sea level rise, erosion, drought, relocation, treaties, sovereignty Link
News Deeply. 2017. Executive Summary for March 10th. 2017 climate chagne, water health, water supply, drought, agriculture, resources, conservation, adaptation, mitigation, water rights California Link
n.a. 2017. Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans arrived. Phys Org. 2017 climate change, climate science, ancient climate, colonization, settlement, past projections, North America, Minnesota, Great Plains, Midwest 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
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
Reo, N.J., Whyte, K.P., McGregor, D., Smith, M.A. and Jenkins, J.F., 2017. Factors that support Indigenous involvement in multi-actor environmental stewardship. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, p.1177180117701028. 2017 climate change, TEK, Indigenous science,intergenerational knowledge, self-determination, collaboration, management, technical assistance, self-determination, soverignty Naitonal Link
Barrera, S. 2017. Cherokee playwright tackles love, climate change at Autry. 2017 playwright, theater, climate justice, climate change, court, law, legislation, planning, policy United States Link
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
Grey, Eva. 2017. Arctic indigenous leaders speak up about the dangers of increased shipping. Ship-Technology. 2017 climate change, oceans, marine health, shipping, freight, oil freight, oil spills, pollution, fisheries, ecosystem, sustainability, conservation, preservation Alaska, Russia, Canada Link
Marks-Block, Tony. 2017. Karuk Tribe, Forest Service and EcoAdapt Meet to Explore Climate Change Adaptation. North Coast. 2017 climate change, prescribed burning, controlled burn, fire management, wildfire, risk, assessment, management, conservation, sustainability, planning, policy California, Oregon, West Coast, Pacific Northwest Coast 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
McNeeley, S.M., Even, T.L., Gioia, J.B., Knapp, C.N. and Beeton, T.A., 2017. Expanding Vulnerability Assessment for Public Lands: The Social Complement to Ecological Approaches. Climate Risk Management. 2017 Climate change; Public lands; Land-based livelihoods; Social vulnerability; Vulnerability assessment; Adaptation National Link
Kahn, Brian. 2017. The EPA has started to remove Obama-era information. 2017 climate change, trump administration, Obama Administration, white house, federal, protection,administration, legislation National, United States Link
Ovadia, J. 2017. Professor Explores Intersection of Climate Change and Social Justice. The Cornell Daily Sun. 2017 climate change, youth, social justice, generation, vulnerability, at-risk communities, children Nationa, International, Global, United States 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
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
Trump Administration. 2017. Fiscal Year 2018 The Interior Budget in Brief May 2017. 2017 Trump administration, budget, resource, allocation, financial assistance, budget cuts, programming National Link
Watt-Cloutier, Sheila. 2017. The right to be cold is key to addressing climate change says Nobel nominee. 2017 climate change, arctic, Inuit, Inupiaq, TEK, Traditional ecological knowledge, weather patterns, polar ice sheets, temperature, adaptation, mitigation Arctic, Alaska, Canada, United States, Global, International Link
Subbaraman, N. 2017. The Trump Administration’s Climate Denial Could Be Catastrophic For Tribes. Buzzfeed. 2017 climate change, trump administration, climate denial, stall, funding, support, policy, planning, federal support, vulnerability, at-risk communities, traditional foods, subsistence, economy Alaska, Gulf Coast, Washington, Canada, Oregon, California, Mexico, Texas, Northwest Coast, Pacific 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
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

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