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 Geography Website
Bellon, Tina. “U.S. Government, but Not Trump, Can Be Sued over Climate: Judge.” Reuters, 15 Oct. 2018, www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-lawsuit/u-s-government-but-not-trump-can-be-sued-over-climate-judge-idUSKCN1MP2F8.

Categories: climate change, fossil fuels, our children's trust

2018 Oregon, National 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
UN Denounces Abuse of Free Assembly Rights for Water Protectors Standing Against DAPL. ICTMN. 2016.

Categories: climate change, fossil fuels, carbon emissions, civil rights, self-determination, sovereignty, planning, policy, international law, water, oil, pipeline

2016 North Dakota, Midwest, National Link
Downing, A., & Cuerrier, A. (2011). A synthesis of the impacts of climate change on the First Nations and Inuit of Canada. Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge, 10(1), 57-70.

Categories: Climate change, Food Security, Cultural activity, Malaysia Borneo, tribe, indigenous

2011 Canada
Swinomish Indian Tribe. 2014. Correlation and Climate Sensitivity of Human Health and Environmental Indicators in the Salish Sea. USGS.

Categories: climate change, fisheries, shelfish, aquaculture, management, conservation, collaboration, international

2014 Canada, United States, British Columbia, Washington state, Puget Sound 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
Goschke, Lauren. 2016. Tribes, Treaties, and the Trust Responsibility: A Call for Co-Management of Huckleberries in the Northwest, 27 Colo. Nat. Resources Energy & Envtl. L. Rev. 315, https://www.colorado.edu/law/sites/default/files/CNREELR-V27-I2-Lauren.pdf

Categories: climate change, federal law, Indian law, legislation, mitigation, management, planning, policy, natural resources, conservation, adaptation

2016 Northwest, Oregon Link
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
Blumm, M.C., 2016. Indian Treaty Fishing Rights and the Environment: Affirming the Right to Habitat Protection and Restoration. 92 Washington Law Review 1.

Categories: climate change, environmental protection, fisheries, settler colonialism, habitat restoration, human health, community action, social justice, youth justice, policy

2016 United States, Pacific Northwest, Washington state, Oregon, California Link
Hanna, Jonathan. 2007 Native Communities and Climate Change: Legal and Policy Approaches to Protect Tribal Legal Rights. Natural Resources Law Center, Boulder, CO.

Categories: Climate change, environmental policy, Federal Government, Law, Natural Resources, policy, State Government, Tribal Governments, tribe, indigenous

2007 United States Link
Tsosie, R. 2007. Indigenous People and Environmental Justice: The Impact of Climate Change, University of Colorado Law Review, Vol. 78, p. 1625-1677.

Categories: Climate change, Environment, tribe, indigenous, Environmental Justice

2007 Global Link
Popovich, N. 2017. Trump’s Executive Order Pushes the U.S. Climate Pledge Further Out of Reach. New York Times.

Categories: climate change, emissions, standards, greenhouse gasses, regulations, deregulated

2017 National Link
Webber, T., Brown, M. 2017. Environmentalists, tribe file lawsuit over Trump climate order.

Categories: climate change, emissions, carbon, clean air, air quality, human health, youth, children, future, generations,

2017 National, International, Washington D.C. Link
Jaime O. Yazzie et al. Diné kinship as a framework for conserving native tree species in climate change, Ecological Applications (2019).

Categories: climate change, ecosystems, indigenous knowledge, climate modeling, forest management, ecosystem services

2019 Link
Booth S, Zeller D, 2005: Mercury, food webs, and marine mammals: implications of diet and climate change for human health. Environmental Health Perspectives 113 (5):521

Categories: Climate change, Ecopath, Ecosim, Ecotracer, mercury, pollutant, trophic modeling

2005 Global Link
Clean energy: The challenge of achieving a ‘just transition’ for workers. EcoBusiness. 2017.

Categories: climate change, economy, employment, jobs sector, emissions, carbon footprint, adaptation, mitigation

2017 Arizona, United States, International Link
O'rourke, Christian. 2017. With Chance the Rapper By His Side, This 16-Year-Old Activist & Rapper Is Setting Out to Change the Climate Game: Exclusive.

Categories: climate change, Earth Guardians, OCT, social justice, outreach, awareness, music, art, rap, hip hop,

2017 National, United States Link
Redsteer, M. H., 2011: Increasing Vulnerability to Drought and Climate Change on the Navajo Nation, Southwestern United States. Current Conditions & Accounts Of Changes During The Last 100 Years. 31 pp., U.S. Geological Survey. 0928. URL ↩

Categories: Climate change, Drought, Navajo Nation, tribe, indigenous

2011
Fialka, John. “A Wyoming Reservation Shows the New Face of Drought.” Scientific American, E&E News, 6 June 2018, www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-wyoming-reservation-shows-the-new-face-of-drought/.

Categories: climate change, drought, management, adaptation

2018 Wyoming Link
Washington Post

Categories: climate change, disaster, EPA

2019 United States Link
Driscoll, Emily V. “Toxic Spill in the Navajo Nation.” Scientific American, 12 Mar. 2018, blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/toxic-spill-in-the-navajo-nation/.

Categories: climate change, disaster, adaptation, evaluation, water health, community health

2018 Navajo Nation 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
Reuters. 2017. Indigenous people best custodians of threatened forests, studies show.

Categories: climate change, deforestation, forestry, mitigation, adaptation, jurisdiction, restricted access, technical assistance, planning, policy, conservation,

2017 National, Global, International Link
Crate, Susan A., and Mark Nuttall. 2009. Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.

Categories: Climate change, Culture, Environmental Studies, anthropology

2009 Global Link
Caldwell, C., 2018, Supporting Cooperation Between Tribes and Climate Scientists in the Northeast Region.

Categories: climate change, cultural practices, climate change adaptation, climate modeling, collaboration, cooperation

2018 Northeast Link
Stein, Jill Dr. Standing Rock Sioux on the front lines of the climate emergency. Capitol Hill Publishing Corp. 2016.

Categories: climate change, corporations, fossil fuel extraction, emissions, protest,

2016 North Dakota, 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
McNeeley, S.M., 2017. Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation in Indian Country. Weather, Climate, and Society, 9(3), pp.393-404.

Categories: climate change, conservation, management, legislation, societal impacts, policy, natural resources, cultural resources

2017 National 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
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