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
Crozier LG, McClure MM, Beechie T, Bograd SJ, Boughton DA, Carr M, et al. (2019) Climate vulnerability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0217711. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217711

Categories: Pacific salmon, steelhead, vulnerability assessment, climate change, ecosystems, stream temperature, ocean acidification, habitat degradation

2019 California, Southern Oregon, Snake River Basin, Columbia River Basin, Willamette Link

Categories: collaboration, community, capacity, resource management, national forest lands

Pacific Northwest Link
Johnson, A.C.; Noel, J.; Gregovich, D.P.; Kruger, L.E., and Buma, B., 2019. Impacts of submerging and emerging
shorelines on various biota and indigenous Alaskan harvesting patterns. Journal of Coastal Research, 35(4), 765–775.
Coconut Creek (Florida), ISSN 0749-0208.

Categories: Climate change, coastal resilience and vulnerability, landform, isostatic rebound, sea level rise, adaptation

2019 Pacific Northwest, Alaska Link
Indigenous Peoples’ Major Group for Sustainable Development (2019). Inclusion, Equality, and Empowerment to Achieve Sustainable Development: Realities of Indigenous Peoples [Thematic Report]. Retrieved from https://www.indigenouspeoples-sdg.org/index.php/english/all-resources/ipmg-position-papers-and-publications/ipmg-reports/global-reports/124-inclusion-equality-and-empowerment-to-achieve-sustainable-development-realities-of-indigenous-peoples/file

Categories: indigenous peoples, United Nations, IPCC, land management, sovereignty, human rights, indigenous rights

2019 International Link
Vasan, Thamanna, and David M. Kling. “What Can the Pacific Northwest Oyster Aquaculture Industry Do about Ocean Acidification?” Agriculture and Climate Change Research in the Pacific Northwest, Agriculture Climate Network, 25 Apr. 2019, https://www.agclimate.net/2019/04/25/what-can-the-pacific-northwest-oyster-aquaculture-industry-do-about-ocean-acidification/.

Categories: ocean acidification, oysters, shellfish, industry, aquaculture

2019 Pacific Northwest Coast Link
Erika S. Rubenson and Julian D. Olden "Growth and Recruitment of Nonnative Smallmouth Bass along the Upstream Edge of Its Riverine Distribution," Northwest Science 93(1), 1-15, (31 May 2019). https://doi.org/10.3955/046.093.0102

Categories: river systems, smallmouth bass, fish growth and survival, non-native species, salmon habitat, Northwest, management

2019 Northwest Link
Patrick L. Barnard, Li H. Erikson, Amy C. Foxgrover, Juliette A. Finzi Hart, Patrick Limber, Andrea C. O’Neill, Maarten van Ormondt, Sean Vitousek, Nathan Wood, and Maya K. Hayden & Jeanne M. Jones, March 2019, https://www.cakex.org/sites/default/files/documents/1-s2.0-S0308597X18306249-main.pdf

Categories: adaptation planning, vulnerability assessments, coastal adaptation, sea level rise, coastal hazards

2019 Coasts Link
A. Park Williams John T. Abatzoglou Alexander Gershunov Janin Guzman‐Morales Daniel A. Bishop Jennifer K. Balch Dennis P. Lettenmaier. July 2019. "Observed Impacts of Anthropogenic Climate Change on Wildfire in California". https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EF001210

Categories: climate change, wildfires, warming temperatures

2019 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
Rebecca Tsosie, Tribal Data Governance and Informational Privacy: Constructing "Indigenous Data Sovereignty", 80 Mont. L. Rev. 229
(2019).

Categories: data sovereignty, data collection, traditional knowledge, data protection, information, privacy

2019 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
Marks-Marino, D. (2019) Native Youth Community Adaptation and Leadership Congress. Climate Change Program, Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Northern Arizona University. Available at: www7.nau.edu/itep/main/tcc/Tribes/ntnl_NYCALC

Categories: Native American youth, community, adaptation, leadership, climate change, training

2019 National Link
NPR

Categories: fish, shellfish, clams, food source, climate change

2019 Puget Sound Link
University of Washington

Categories: streams, water flow, fish, wildlife, surface water

2019 Pacific Northwest Link
Intercontinental Cry

Categories: coastal, resiliency, House Bill 729, ecological, shorelines

2019 National Link
ISTOCK

Categories: drought, natural disasters, food planning, storage, TEK, technology

2019 California, National Link
US Forest Service

Categories: watershed restoration, memorandum of understanding, fish, wildlife, culturally relevant places, stewardship

2019 National Link
Scientific Americana

Categories: ecological degradation, environmental stewardship, indigenous people, biodiversity

2019 Global 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
Herman-Mercer, Nicole M, et al. “Vulnerability of Subsistence Systems Due to Social and Environmental Change: A Case Study in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska .” Arctic Journal of the Arctic Insitute of North America, vol. 72, 10 Sept. 2019, https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/68867.

Categories: arctic, indigenous communities, subsistence, climate change, subsistence

2019 Arctic Link
Corringham, T. W., Ralph, F. M., Gershunov, A., Cayan, D. R., & Talbot, C. A. (2019). Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United States. Science Advances, 5(12). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax4631

Categories: atmospheric rivers, precipitation, flooding, economic impacts, climate change, development

2019 Western United States Link

Categories: habitat connectivity, management, climate change impacts, adaptation, ecological connectivity, conservation, data

Northwest Link

Categories: assessment, vulnerability, index, ecosystems, data, conservation

Western United States Link
Gregg RM, Kershner J. 2019. Extremes to Ex-Streams: Ecological Drought Adaptation in a Changing Climate. EcoAdapt, Bainbridge Island, WA.

Categories: ecological drought, climate change impacts, natural resource management, cultural resources, adaptation, warming temperatures, precipitation, snowpack, water availability

2019 Northwest Link
Bisbal, G. A., & Jones, C. E. (2019). Responses of Native American cultural heritage to changes in environmental setting. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 15(4), 359–367. https://doi.org/10.1177/1177180119847726

Categories: cultural heritage, identity, environmental changes, relationships, vulnerability, resilience

2019 National Link
Sadasivam, Naveena. “Indigenous Tribes Are at the Forefront of Climate Change Planning in the U.S.” Grist, 4 Feb. 2020, https://grist.org/climate/indigenous-tribes-are-at-the-forefront-of-climate-change-planning-in-the-u-s/.

Categories: indigenous, tribes, climate change, adaptation, fish, vulnerability, Nez Perce Tribe

2020 Link
Roop, H.A., G.S. Mauger, H. Morgan, A.K. Snover, and M. Krosby, 2020. “Shifting Snowlines and Shorelines: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere and Implications for Washington State.” Briefing paper prepared by the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle

Categories: shorelines, snowlines, IPCC, ocean and cryosphere, Cascade Range, Olympic Mountains, climate change impacts

2020 Washington state Link
Teirstein, Zoya. "As Warming Waters Make Shellfish Toxic, a Way of Life Becomes Deadly for Native Alaskans." Grist, 26 Feb. 2020, https://grist.org/food/climate-change-is-turning-shellfish-toxic-and-threatening-alaska-natives/?utm_content=bufferc88cd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Categories: shellfish poisoning, traditional foods, warming water temperatures, subsistence practices, culture

2020 Alaska Link
Halofsky, J.E., Peterson, D.L. & Harvey, B.J. Changing wildfire, changing forests: the effects of climate change on fire regimes and vegetation in the Pacific Northwest, USA. fire ecol 16, 4 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-019-0062-8

Categories: wildfire, fire management, changing climate, forest management, risk assessment

2020 Pacific Northwest Link
“How Native American Communities Are Addressing Climate Change.” Science Friday, 7 Feb. 2020, www.sciencefriday.com/segments/native-american-communities-climate-change/.

Categories: climate change, indigenous peoples, climate assessments, plans, adaptation, traditional knowledge

2020 National Link