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 descending Geography Website
Sen, Basav. 2017. Trump's War on the Climate.

Categories: climate change, federal court, resistance, social justice, climate justice, climate science, denial

2017 United States, National, 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
Cisneros-Montemayor AM, Pauly D, Weatherdon LV, Ota Y (2016) A Global Estimate of Seafood Consumption by Coastal Indigenous Peoples. PLoS ONE 11(12): e0166681. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166681

Categories: climate change, marine, fisheries, aquaculture, seafood, mitigation, adaptation, food justice, economy, subsistence

2017 International 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
Philippe. 2017. Food forests are helping these Native American reservations eat healthier.

Categories: climate change, seasonal migration, food production, food justice, social justice, climate justice, human health, noncommunicable diseases, local, sustainable, diet, nutrition, education, access

2017 National Link
Popovich, N., Schlossberg, T. 2017. 23 Environmental Rules Rolled Back in Trump’s First 100 Days.

Categories: climate change, Trump administration, environmentalism, deregulation, emissions, standards, pollution, greenhouse gas regulations, energy, fossil fuels

2017 United States, Global, International Link
For indigenous communities, fish mean much more than food. The Conversation. 2017.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, marine, water health, fisheries, aquaculture, commercial, subsistence, self-determination, traditional ecological knowledge,

2017 National Link
Richler, Jen. 2017. Indigenous beliefs.

Categories: climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, Indigenous science, legislation, policy, planning, management

2017 Global 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.

Categories: decision-making, policy, planning, management, legislation, collaboration, scientific gaps, climate change, adaptation

2017 International, National, Untied States 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
Barrera, S. 2017. Cherokee playwright tackles love, climate change at Autry.

Categories: playwright, theater, climate justice, climate change, court, law, legislation, planning, policy

2017 United States Link
Matias, Cliff. 2017. Indigenous Peoples Lead DC Climate March.

Categories: climate change, demonstration, activism, Native rights, human health, social justice, youth justice, Trump administration

2017 United States Link
Popkin, Gabriel. 2017. How Scientists And Indigenous Groups Can Team Up to Protect Forests and Climate. Smithsonianmag.

Categories: climate change, conservation, sustainability, preservation, forest, water, adaptation, mitigation, interagency,

2017 South America, Wasington, D.C., United States, Central America, Global Link
Kirkland, J., Flitcroft, R., Reeves, G. and Hessburg, P., 2017. Adaptation to wildfire: A fish story.

Categories: stream habitat, salmonid, anadromous fish, restoration, population, management, adaptation, managed wildfire, prescribed burn, wildfire,

2017 United States, National, Washington state Link
Alexandra Paige Fischer & Tim G. Frazier (2018) Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in Temperate Forest Areas: New Measures of Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108:3, 658-678, DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2017.1387046

Categories: climate change impacts, forest and plant health, community health, social vulnerability, adaptation, climate modeling

2017 Pacific Northwest Link
Kahn, Brian. 2017. The EPA has started to remove Obama-era information.

Categories: climate change, trump administration, Obama Administration, white house, federal, protection,administration, legislation

2017 National, United States 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.

Categories: Trump Administration, policy, planning, budget, agencies, tribal assistance, short-term

2017 National, United States Link
Morrow, Allison. 2017. Nisqually tribe won't fish chum after historic decision. King 5 News.

Categories: climate change, conservation, fisheries, salmon, population, habitat, restoration, conservation, sustainability, marine, fisheries, subsistence, commercial, industrial, traditional foods

2017 Washignton State, Pacific Northwest, Nisqually Link
Lawler, J.H.; Bullock, R.C.L. 2017. A Case for Indigenous Community Forestry. Journal of Forestry. 115(2), 117-125.

Categories: case study, community forestry, indigenous forestry, sustainability

2017 National Link
Watt-Cloutier, Sheila. 2017. The right to be cold is key to addressing climate change says Nobel nominee.

Categories: climate change, arctic, Inuit, Inupiaq, TEK, Traditional ecological knowledge, weather patterns, polar ice sheets, temperature, adaptation, mitigation

2017 Arctic, Alaska, Canada, United States, Global, International Link
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography.

Categories: education, outreach, research, accessibility, planning, outreach

2017 International Link
Stephen Pyne. 2017. Recreating forests of the past isn't enough to fix our wildfire problem.

Categories: wildfire, managed fire, prescribed burn, management, prevention, ecosystem, beneficial, fuels, fire science, ecology, resilience

2017 United States, National Link
Clayton, S., Manning, C. M., Krygsman, K., & Speiser, M. (2017). Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, and ecoAmerica.

Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, human health, community, climate science, recommendations, planning, policy

2017 National Link
Banerjee, N. 2017. Trial Date Set for Children’s Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government

Categories: climate change, legislation, policy, social justice, youth justice, human health, future generations, federal court,

2017 United Stated, National 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).

Categories: climate change, climate change impacts, environmental assessment, planning, adaptation

2017 Link
Hill, D. 2017. Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land. The Guardian.

Categories: religion, catholicism, sovereignty, self-determination, stewardship, jurisdiction, policy

2017 International, Global Link
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography.

Categories: education, outreach, research, accessibility, planning, outreach

2017 International Link
Lundgren, H., Cook, K. 2017. Telling the “Good Fire” Story: Two Communities’ Prescribed Fire Outreach Efforts.

Categories: wildfire, managed burn, prescribed burn, management, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, community resilience, air quality, ecosystem, habitat

2017 Washington state, United States, National Link
Melvin, A.M., Murray, J., Boehlert, B. et al. Climatic Change (2017) 141: 783. doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1923-2

Categories: climate change, wildfire, adaptation, mitigation, water quality, biodiversity, expense, cost, alaska

2017 Alaska, United States Link