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
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
Grey, Eva. 2017. Arctic indigenous leaders speak up about the dangers of increased shipping. Ship-Technology.

Categories: climate change, oceans, marine health, shipping, freight, oil freight, oil spills, pollution, fisheries, ecosystem, sustainability, conservation, preservation

2017 Alaska, Russia, Canada Link
Finn, Symma, et al. “The Value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge for the Environmental Health Sciences and Biomedical Research.” Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 125, no. 8, Aug. 2017, doi:10.1289/ehp858.

Categories: TEK, preservation, oral tradition, culture, tradition, language

2017 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
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
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
Marks-Block, Tony. 2017. Karuk Tribe, Forest Service and EcoAdapt Meet to Explore Climate Change Adaptation. North Coast.

Categories: climate change, prescribed burning, controlled burn, fire management, wildfire, risk, assessment, management, conservation, sustainability, planning, policy

2017 California, Oregon, West Coast, Pacific Northwest Coast 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
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
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.

Categories: health and medicine, public health, prevention, environment, environment health and safety, climate change

2017 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
Subbaraman, N. 2017. The Trump Administration’s Climate Denial Could Be Catastrophic For Tribes. Buzzfeed.

Categories: climate change, trump administration, climate denial, stall, funding, support, policy, planning, federal support, vulnerability, at-risk communities, traditional foods, subsistence, economy

2017 Alaska, Gulf Coast, Washington, Canada, Oregon, California, Mexico, Texas, Northwest Coast, Pacific 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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