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
Reo, N. J., & Parker, A. K. (2014). Re-thinking colonialism to prepare for the impacts of rapid environmental change. In Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States (pp. 163-174). Climatic Change. Springer International Publishing.

Categories: environmental change, colonialism, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous

2014 United States Link
Danielsen, F., Topp-Jørgensen, E., Levermann, N., Løvstrøm, P., Schiøtz, M., Enghoff, M., and Jakobsen, P. 2014. Counting what counts: Using local knowledge to improve Arctic resource management. Polar Geography 37(1):69 – 91.

Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, local knowledge, Arctic, resource management, tribe, indigenous

2014 Arctic Link
Rising Voices. 2014. Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions. Workshop report. June 30-July 2, 2014. Boulder, CO, National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Categories: Adaptation, impacts (health, livelihoods, declining sea ice), Relocation, tribe, indigenous

2014 Link
Being Prepared for Climate Change: A Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans. EPA. 2014.

Categories: climate change, mitigation, adaptation, climate planning, climate science, water, EPA

2014 National Link
Donatuto, J., E.E. Grossman, J. Konovsky, S. Grossman and L.W. Campbell. 2014. Indigenous community health and climate change: Integrating biophysical and social science indicators. Coastal Management Journal, 42(4): 355-373.

Categories: Climate change, community health, Impact Assessment, indigenous, sea-level rise, shellfish, shoreline armoring, tribe

2014 Northwest, Canada Link
Rising Voices. 2014a Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions. Workshop Report. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, June 30-July 2.

Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, traditional knowledges, declining sea ice, Health, hazards, Relocation, tribe, indigenous

2014 United States Link
EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) 2014 EPA to Assist Seminole Tribe of Florida Bolster Climate Resilience and Readiness. November 19. http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/C2F26C95B9833DE085257D950079C3A2

Categories: EPA, climate resilience, Seminole tribe, water utilities

2014 Southeast Link
Rising Voices. 2014b Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions – Water Quality and Quantity Group Report. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, June 30-July 2.

Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, variability, water rights, tribe, indigenous

2014 United States Link
Fisher M. 2014. Native American Tribe Prepares for Climate Change with the Help of a Soil Scientist. Soil Horizons.

Categories: Climate Change Adaptation, resource management, tribe, indigenous

2014 Southwest Link
Smith, L. M., Wade, C. M., Case, J. L., Harwell, L. C., Straub, K. R., & Summers, J. K. (2014). Evaluating the Transferability of a US Human Well-Being Index (HWBI) Framework to Native American Populations. Social Indicators Research, 1-26.

Categories: wellbeing, index, tribe, indigenous

2014 United States
Bronen, R. Huffington. 2015. The Arctic Is Speaking Truths About Climate Change. Is Anyone Listening?

Categories: Climate-induced displacement, Arctic, tribe, indigenous

2015 Alaska, Arctic Link
Improving collaboration between Native Americans and climate scientists. 2015. MSU Today.

Categories: Climate Science, Research Ethics, Native Climate Science

2015 Great Lakes, East Link
Northwest Climate Science Center. 2015. Annual Report.

Categories: Annual Report, Conservation, Science

2015 Northwest Link
Gruenig B, Lynn K, Voggesser G, Whyte P. 2015. Tribal climate change principles: responding to federal policies and actions to address climate change.

Categories: Climate change, indigenous, policy, tribe

2015 United States Link
Whyte, Kyle. 2015. What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples? SSRN.

Categories: Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Governance, Science, Climate Impacts

2015 National Link
Government Accountability Office. 2015. A National System Could Help Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Decision Makers Use Climate Information.

Categories: Climate Data, Review

2015 National Link
Himes-Cornell, A., & Kasperski, S. (2015). Assessing climate change vulnerability in Alaska's fishing communities. Fisheries Research, 162, 1-11.

Categories: Traditional foods, Climate change, Fishing, Alaska, tribe, indigenous

2015 Alaska, Arctic Link
Vinyeta K, Whyte KP, Lynn K. 2015. Climate change through an intersectional lens: gendered vulnerability and resilience in indigenous communities in the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-923. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station.

Categories: Indigenous peoples, climate change vulnerability, resilience, gender, identity

2015 National Link
Houck, Oliver A. 2015 The Reckoning: Oil and Gas Development in the Louisiana Coastal Zone. Tulane Environmental Law Journal 28(2):185-296.

Categories: Old and Gas Industry, Development, Coastal Louisiana

2015 Southeast Link

Categories: Public Health, adaptation, preparedness, air quality, climate change, extreme events

2015 National Link
Hummel S. Lake FK. (2015) "Forest Site Classification for Cultural Plant Harvest by Tribal Weavers can Inform Management" Forest Ecology.

Categories: blended scientific method, forest structure, cultural plants, silviculture, basketry, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), tribe, indigenous

2015 Northwest Link
Whyte, Kyle. 2015. The Ethics of Traditional Knowledge Exchange in Climate Change Initiatives. Earthzine.

Categories: Ethics, Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Climate Initiatives

2015 National, International Link
ICTMN Staff. 2015. Bakken-Crude-Hauling Oil Train Explodes in North Dakota, Town Evacuated. Indian Country Today Media Network:

Categories: oil industry, tribe, indigenous

2015 Midwest Link
Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Portal

Categories: indigenous, Climate change

2015 International Link
Butsic, V.; Kelly, M.; Moritz, M.A. Land Use and Wildfire: A Review of Local Interactions and Teleconnections. Land 2015, 4, 140-156. https://doi.org/10.3390/land4010140

Categories: wildfire, land use, fire management

2015 California, American West Link
Knapp C.N., Trainor S. F. 2015. Alaskan stakeholder-defined research needs in the context of climate change. Polar Geography.

Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Culture, Climate change, Worldviews, Stakeholder-defined research, tribe, indigenous

2015 Alaska, Arctic Link
Kronk Warner, E. A. (2015). Everything Old is New Again: Enforcing Tribal Treaty Provisions to Protect Climate Change Threatened Resources. Available at SSRN 2652954.

Categories: Climate change, tribe, indigenous, treaty, trust resources

2015 United States Link
Laska, S., Peterson, K., Rodrigue, CL., Cosse, T., Philippe, R., Burchett, O., Krajeski RL. 2015. Layering of Natural and Human-Caused Disasters in the Context of Sea Level Rise Coastal Louisiana Communities at the Edge. In Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival. 225 -238

Categories: Disasters, Sea Level Rise, Coastal Louisiana, Indusry, Resiliency, tribe, indigenous

2015 Southeast
A. Bakun, B.A. Black, S.J. Bograd, M. García-Reyes, A.J. Miller, R.R. Rykaczewski, W.J. Sydeman. 2015. Anticipated Effects of Climate Change on Coastal Upwelling Ecosystems. Current Climate Change Reports. 1: 85-93.

Categories: Upwelling, Climate Impacts, Coastal Upwelling

2015 Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean Link
Maldonado, JK (2015) Everyday Practices and Symbolic Forms of Resistance: Adapting to Environmental Change in Coastal Louisiana. In Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society: A Cross-Disciplinary Overview, Andrew Collins, ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Inc.

Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous, symbolic resistance, Coastal Louisiana

2015 Coastal Louisiana, Southeast