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
LaPier, R. R. (2018, June 15). How Native American food is tied to important sacred stories. The Conversation. Retrieved July 2, 2018, from https://theconversation.com/how-native-american-food-is-tied-to-important-sacred-stories-97770?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Latest from The Conversation for June 15 Categories: first foods, indigenous food systems, salmon migration, salmon health, religion, culture and tradition, TK	2018	Washington state	Link
Keyser, A.R, et al. "Predicting increasing high severity area burned for three forested regions in the western United States using extreme value theory" Forest Ecology and Management. 15 January, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.027 Categories: fire suppression, federal management, fire regimes, fire cycles, fire frequency	2019	Western United States, Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada Mountains, Southwest	Link
Noorgard, Kari Marie. "Colonization, Fire Suppression, and Indigenous Resurgence in the Face of Climate Change." Yes Magazine!, 21 Oct. 2019, https://www.yesmagazine.org/planet/fire-climate-change-indigenous-colonization-20191021 Categories: fire suppression, colonization, prescribed burning, traditional management, traditional foods	2019	Northern California	Link
Kerry L. Metlen, Carl N. Skinner, Derek R. Olson, Clint Nichols, Darren Borgias, Regional and local controls on historical fire regimes of dry forests and woodlands in the Rogue River Basin, Oregon, USA, Forest Ecology and Management, Volume 430, 2018, Pages 43-58, ISSN 0378-1127, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.07.010. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378112718303566) Categories: fire management, wildfire management, forest restoration, plant health	2018	Southern Oregon, Rogue River Basin	Link
Ensia Categories: fire management, tribal knowledge, indigenous practices	2019	Global, Australia	Link
Peterson, D. L., McCaffrey, S. M., Patel-Weynand, T. (Eds.). (2022). Wildland Fire Smoke in the United States. Springer Cham https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87045-4 Categories: fire management, smoke, resource book, social issues	2022	National	Link
Michaels, M. (Ed.). (2018, November 29). Fires in Northern California Present Challenges to Native Tribes. WeatherNation. Retrieved December 07, 2018, from http://www.weathernationtv.com/news/fires-in-northern-california-present-challenges-to-native-tribes/ Categories: fire management, Karuk Tribe, aboriginal lands, land management, traditional foods, cultural resources	2018	Klamath River, Salmon River, Northern California	Link
Jolly, W.M.; Freeborn, P.H.; Page, W.G.; Butler, B.W. Severe Fire Danger Index: A Forecastable Metric to Inform Firefighter and Community Wildfire Risk Management. Fire 2019, 2, 47. Categories: fire danger, firefighter safety, community fire risk, forecast, sever fire danger index	2019		Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Indigenous Populations. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: Federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, Indian communities, Indian territories, biohazards, climate change, vulnerability assessment, adaptation, mitigation, coast, natural resources, food security, culture	2016	United States	Link
Roth, George. 2008. Recognition. In Indians in Contemporary Society. Ed. Garrick A. Bailey. Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 2. William C. Sturtevant, general editor, pp. 113–128. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution. Categories: Federal Recognition, tribe, indigenous	2008	United States
Klopotek, Brian. 2011. Recognition Odysseys: Indigeneity, Race, and Federal Tribal Recognition Policy in Three Louisiana Indian Communities. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Categories: Federal Recognition, Louisiana, Tunica-Biloxi, Jena Choctaws, Clifton-Choctaws, tribe, indigenous	2011	Southeast
Miller, Mark. 2004 Forgotten Tribes: Unrecognized Indians and the Federal Acknowledgment Process. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Categories: Federal Recognition, Federal Acknowledgment Process (FAP), tribal sovereignty, tribe, indigenous	2004	United States	Link
Barker, Joanne. 2011. Native Acts: Law, Recognition, and Cultural Authenticity. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Categories: Federal Recognition, cultural authenticity, Native oppression, decolonization and self-determination, Native movements and cultural revitalization, tribe, indigenous	2011	United States	Link
Green, Carla. “Apocalyptic Threat': Dire Climate Report Raises Fears for California's Future.” The Guardian, 27 Aug. 2018, www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/27/california-climate-change-report-wildfires-jerry-brown. Categories: extreme wildfires, climate change impacts, coastal erosion, rising temperatures, assessment	2018	California	Link
Pringle, Heather. 2017. In the Land of Lost Gardens. Hakai Magazine. Categories: ethnobotany, TEK, traditional knowledge, plants, first foods, traditional foods,	2017	British Colombia, Canada, Pacific 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
Categories: EPA, superfund sites, data, tribal property, hazardous substances		National	Link
Eilperin, J., Dennis, B. 2017. Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record. Trump moves decisively to wipe out Obama’s climate-change record Categories: EPA, coal emissions, greenhouse gas regulations, energy, clean energy, alternative, climate change, mitigation, policy	2017	National, Global	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
Marino, Elizabeth. 2012. The long history of environmental migration: Assessing vulnerability construction and obstacles to successful relocation in Shishmaref, Alaska. Global Environmental Change 22(2):374–381. Categories: Environmental migration, vulnerability, Adaptation, Governance, Inequity, Alaska, tribe, indigenous	2012	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Middleton, BM. (2012) “Just Another Hoop to Jump Through?” Using Environmental Laws and Processes to Protect Indigenous RightsEnvironmental management. 52:5. Categories: Environmental law Site protection Native American Indigenous Human rights Cultural resources, tribe, indigenous	2012
The Dakota Access Pipeline, Environmental Injustice, and U.S. Colonialism. 2017. In Red Ink: An International Journal of Indigenous Literature, Arts, & Humanities. Categories: environmental justice, social change, protest, demonstration, fossil fuel, capitalism, indigenous, sovereignty, self-determination, treaty rights	2017	Midwest, National, North Dakota	Link
Whyte, K. Powys, 2011: The recognition dimensions of environmental justice in Indian Country. Environmental Justice, 4, 185-186, doi:10.1089/env.2011.4401.↩ Categories: Environmental Justice, Native American environmental thought, environmental ethics, environmental policy, tribal governance, Indian environmental law, tribe, indigenous	2011	United States
Harris, S., and Harper, B., (2011) A Method for Tribal Environmental Justice Analysis. Vol. 4, No.4, Environmental Justice, p. 231-237. Categories: Environmental Justice, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), traditional lifeways, Risk Assessment, tribe, indigenous	2011	United States	Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Food Systems, Environmental Justice, and Settler-Industrial States (April 25, 2016). 2015. In Global Food, Global Justice: Essays on Eating under Globalization. Edited by M. Rawlinson & C. Ward, 143-156, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770094 Categories: Environmental Justice, Injustice, Food Systems, Detroit, Philosophy	2016	National	Link
Gottbrath, Laurin-Whitney. “Indigenous women occupy Washington state capitol lawn.” USA News \| Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera, 9 Jan. 2018, www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/indigenous-women-occupy-capitol-climate-change-180109121751335.html. Categories: environmental justice, indigenous women, indigenous rights, treaty rights, climate change, activism	2018	Washington state	Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Experience, Environmental Justice and Settler Colonialism (April 25, 2016). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770058 Categories: Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, INjustice, Responsibility, Settler Colonialism, Philosophy	2016	National, International	Link
Maldonado, JK, AP Naquin, T Dardar, S Parfait-Dardar and B Bagwell (2015) Above the Rising Tide: Coastal Louisiana’s Tribal Communities Apply Local Strategies and Knowledge to Adapt to Rapid Environmental Change. In Disasters' Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival: Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation. Michèle Companion, ed. Pp. 239-253. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. Categories: environmental impact, knowledge exchange, tribe, indigenous	2015	Coastal Louisiana, Southeast	Link
Zada, John. Canadian First Nation cleans up latest fuel spill mess. AlJazeera. 2016. Categories: environmental hazards, risks, oil spill, fossil fuel, traditional foods, pollution	2016	British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Northwest	Link
Davies IP, Haugo RD, Robertson JC, Levin PS (2018) The unequal vulnerability of communities of color to wildfire. PLoS ONE 13(11): e0205825. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0205825 Categories: environmental disasters, minority communities, community health, wildfire, preparedness, fire vulnerability	2018	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.