Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

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	Geography	Website
Rolo, MA. Keystone XL: a ‘Declaration of War’ in Indian Country. The Progressive. Categories: tribe, indigenous
Categories: tribal profiles, Office of Indian Energy, solar power, renewable energy	California	Link
Barnard, P.L., Hoover, D., Hubbard, D.M., Snyder, A., Ludka, B.C., Allan, J., Kaminsky, G.M., Ruggiero, P., Gallien, T.W., Gabel, L. and McCandless, D. In press. Extreme oceanographic forcing and coastal response due to the 2015–2016 El Niño. Nature Communications, 8. DOI:10.1038/ncomms14365 Categories: climate change, hurricane, adaptation, mitigation, coastal, erosion, natural disaster, hazard	Pacific Northwest Coast	Link
Categories: drought, ecosystems, vegetation, water, crisis	California
	United States	Link
Carmen D. Massey, Josie V. Vayro & Courtney W. Mason (2021) Conservation Values and Actor Networks that Shape the Adams River Salmon Run in Tsútswecw Provincial Park, British Columbia, Society & Natural Resources, 34:9, 1174-1193, DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2021.1946225 Categories: Conservation; Salmon Populaiton Decline; Salmon Run; Sustainability	Canada, British Columbia	Link
Levitan, Dave. “Health Departments Are on Climate Change's Front Lines.” Ensia, ensia.com/features/public-health-departments-climate-change/. Categories: health, climate change, extreme weather events, public health, adaptation	National	Link
Categories: Health, climate change, temperature-related, air quality impacts, extreme events, vector-borne diseases, water quality, food safety	National	Link
Categories: climate change, global, signs, tracker	Global	Link
Categories: Public Health, air quality, climate change, extreme events, information	California	Link
Categories: climate change, carbon dioxide, atmosphere, fossil fuels	Global	Link
America's Most Endangered Rivers. 2016. Categories: Rivers, Environmental Degradation, Environmental Assessment	National	Link
Categories: Health, climate change, extreme events impacts, food safety, information, mental health, well-being, Native American communties, traditional knowledge, vector borne disease	Alaska	Link
Categories: Public Health, Tribal Health, TK, Environmental Health, Climate Change	National	Link
Categories: Public health, Tribal Health, TK, Environmental Health, Climate Change, data	Washington, Puget Sound, Pacific Northwest	Link
Categories: Tribal Health, community health, natural resources, climate change, health assessment	Washington, National	Link
Categories: adaptation plan, data, climate change, resources,	Midwest, Michigan	Link
Categories: Public Health, assessment, climate change	National, International	Link
Categories: EPA, superfund sites, data, tribal property, hazardous substances	National	Link
Categories: habitat connectivity, management, climate change impacts, adaptation, ecological connectivity, conservation, data	Northwest	Link
Categories: Tribal health, TEK, climate change, adaptation, mitigation	National	Link
Categories: assessment, vulnerability, index, ecosystems, data, conservation	Western United States	Link
Categories: adaptation, planning, resource, climate change	National, Northwest	Link
Categories: Public Health, Tribal Health, climate change, adaptation, planning, capacity building	National	Link

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.