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
Jason Searle, Exploring Alternatives to the "Consultation or Consent" Paradigm, 6 Mich. J. Envtl. & Admin. L. 485 (2017).

Categories: DAPL, pipeline, North Dakota, Rosebud Sioux, Lakota, legislation, policy, litigation

2017 North Dakota, National Link
Levy, Amir. 2017. Facing climate change on the Louisiana bayous – in pictures. The Guardian.

Categories: climate change, seal level, relocation, adaptation, treaty land, reservation

2017 Louisiana Link
Matthews, S. 2017. Grizzly Bears Are Now the Victims of the Trump Administration’s Climate Denialism.

Categories: conservation, climate change, climate denial, endangered species, de-listed, tribal consultation, hunting, grizzly bears

2017 California, Nevada, yellostone National Park, United States Link
Meeker, D., 2017 A Synthesis of Climate Adaptation Planning Needs in Alaska Native Communities.

Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, adaptation, policy, planning, management, interagency support, TEK, , oral tradition, climate science, research, 

2017 Alaska 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

Categories: climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy

2017 International Link
Trump Administration. 2017. Fiscal Year 2018 The Interior Budget in Brief May 2017.

Categories: Trump administration, budget, resource, allocation, financial assistance, budget cuts, programming

2017 National Link
Living on Earth. 2017. Land on Fire.

Categories: cliamte change, wildfire, forest fire, management, risk, hazard, human health, safety, disaster prevention, disaster relief, planning, policy

2017 National, United States Link
n.a. 2017. New Report Reveals Bank Policies Fail to Respond to Climate Risks. Commondreams.

Categories: climate change, financial assistance, insurance, lending, loans, fossil fuels, finance, energy, greenhouse gas, coal

2017 United States, National 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.

Categories: climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science

2017 Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia Link
Court Refuses to hear culvert case appeal. May 19, 2017. Northwest Treaty Tribes.

Categories: salmon, habitat, restoration, impediments, culvert, block, restoration, legislation, planning, policy, state government

2017 Washington state Link
United States Forest Service. 2017. Tribal Relations News and Events, Summer 2017.

Categories: Tribal relations, collaboration, interagency, federal assistance, trust relationship, Shawnee, Tlingit, Cherokee, Hopi, Apache, huckleberries

2017 Washington state, Oklahoma, National, United States Link
Ross, A. 2017. Kilmer: Down the congressional rabbit hole.

Categories: climate change, Trump Administration, shellfish, fisheries, coastal relocation, Native health,community wellness, congress, representation

2017 Washington state Link
A Just Resilience. Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center. August 20, 2017.

Categories: climate change, Charlottesville, racism, white supremacy, social inequality, Trump Administration, white house

2017 National, United 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
Banerjee, N., Hirji, Z. 2017.Fighting Climate Change Can Be a Lonely Battle in Oil Country, Especially for a Kid.

Categories: climate change, fossil fuels, Louisiana, environmentalism, social justice, environmental justice, emissions regulations

2017 Louisiana, United States, National Link
Whitehouse. 2016. Federal Drought Plan.

Categories: Drought, Planning, Climate Impacts, management, planning, policy, legislation, contingency, climate change, Obama archive

2016. National Link
Darryl Fears. 2016. Scientists say climate change is threatening the lifeblood of Canada’s native people. Washington Post.

Categories: Climate Impacts, Species Decline, Salmon

2016. Alaska, National, International (Canada) Link
Why Native American Tribes Are In McCall To Plan For Climate Change. Boise State. 2016.

Categories: climate change, traditional foods, drought, salmon, water rights, wildfires

2016. United States, Northwest Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Children. Factsheet. 2016.

Categories: health risks, children, socioeconomic, climate change, biohazard, vulnerability, exposure

2016 International Link
Herman, R.D.K. 2016. Traditional knowledge in a time of crisis: climate change, culture and communication. Springer 11(1): 163-176.

Categories: Western Science, Traditional Knowledges, Indigeneity, Knowledge Co-Production

2016 International Link
Nathan Gilles. 2016. A World Aflame. Oregon Quarterly.

Categories: Climate Impacts, Wildfire, Tribal Adaptation

2016 Northwest Link
2016. Research Ethics: A Source Guide to Conducting Research with Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Geography.

Categories: indigenous science, research, climate change, cultural resources, sovereignty, self-determination

2016 Global Link
NOAA Sentinel Site Cooperative. n.d. Keeping Pace: A short guide to navigating sea-level rise models.

Categories: Sea-level Rise, Climate Modeling

2016 National, International Link
EPA. Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice. Factsheet. 2016.

Categories: social justice, climate change, socioeconomic, race, citizenship, low-income, biohazard, accessibility, education

2016 International, United States Link
USFWS. 2016. The Service's: Native American Policy. 510 FW 1.

Categories: Policy, Conservation, Cultural Resources, Federal-Tribal Collaboration

2016 National Link
Carolyn van Houten. The First Official Climate Refugees in the U.S. Race Against Time. 2016. National Geographic Online.

Categories: Climate Adaptation, Relocation, Climate Refugee, Isle de Jean Charles, Isle de Jean Charles band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe

2016 Southeast, Gulf of Mexico Link
Federal Treaty and Trust Obligations, and Ocean Acidification. Robert T. Anderson, University of Washington School of Law, June 1, 2016. Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pp. 474-95 (2016) University of Washington School of Law Research Paper 2016-17.

Categories: land action, tribal lands, water health, environmental protection, tribal territories, protection of rights, advocacy, trust responsibility

2016 National, International Link
LaDuke, Winona. 2016. The Rights of Nature (video). University of Oregon: EMU Ballroom.

Categories: climate achange, fossil fuel, capitalism, pieline, protest, resistance, sovereignty, self-determination, treaty rights

2016 National Link
Bronen, R. 2016. Climate Displacement Preparation and Planning in: Leckie, S.and Huggins, C. (editors) Repairing Domestic Displacement Peninsula Principles Taylor and Francis: New York.

Categories: Climate-induced displacement, tribe, indigenous

2016 International, National, Alaska Link
Jeff Smith. 2016. Rising Voices melds indigenous, western science perspectives. UCAR AtmosNews.

Categories: Climate Science, Collaboration, Climate Impacts

2016 National, International Link