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	Year Sort ascending	Geography	Website
Ford J, Furgal C (2009) Climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability in the Arctic. Polar Res 28:1–9 Categories: Adaptation, Arctic, Climate change, environmental change, vulnerability, tribe, indigenous	2009	Arctic	Link
Mekbeb, E.T., Lilieholm, R.J., Blahna, D.J. and Kruger, L.E., 2009. Resource use, dependence and vulnerability: community-resource linkages on Alaska's Tongass National Forest. Ecosystems and Sustainable Development, 122, pp.263-272. Categories: Southeast Alaska, social change, policy, economics, ecosystem management, environmental services, timber-dependent communities, resilience, social capital, sustainable development, rural, natural resources, Alaska Native, village, cultural resources, subsistence, planning, human rights, social justice, Native rights	2009	Alaska	Link
Ford, J. D., and L. Berrang-Ford, 2009: Food security in Igloolik, Nunavut: An exploratory study. Polar Record, 45, 225-236, doi:10.1017/S0032247408008048.↩ Categories: Food Security, food insecurity, Traditional foods, tribe, indigenous	2009	Canada, Arctic	Link
Freudenberg, William R., Robert Gramling, Shirley Laska, and Kai T. Erikson 2009 Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow. Washington, DC: Island Press.	2009
GAO, 2009: Alaska Native Villages: Limited Progress Has Been Made on Relocating Villages Threatened By Flooding and Erosion. Government Accountability Office Report GAO-09-551. 53 pp., U.S. Government Accountability Office. URL ↩ Categories: Alaska Native, Relocation, tribe, indigenous	2009	Arctic, Alaska
Dumroese, R. Kasten; Luna, Tara; Landis, Thomas D., editors. 2009. Nursery manual for native plants: A guide for tribal nurseries - Volume 1: Nursery management. Agriculture Handbook 730. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. 302 p. Categories: seed restoration, native seeds, native plants, plant nursery, crop production, agriculture	2009		Link
Karl, T. R., J. T. Melillo, and T. C. Peterson, 2009: Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States. T.R. Karl, J.T. Melillo, and T.C. Peterson, Eds. Cambridge University Press, 189 pp. URL ↩ Categories: Climate change, Water Resources, Energy, Transportation, Agriculture, ecosystems, Human Health, Society	2009	United States
Laidler, G. J., J. D. Ford, W. A. Gough, T. Ikummaq, A. S. Gagnon, S. Kowal, K. Qrunnut, and C. Irngaut, 2009: Travelling and hunting in a changing Arctic: Assessing Inuit vulnerability to sea ice change in Igloolik, Nunavut. Climatic Change, 94, 363-397, doi:10.1007/s10584-008-9512-z.↩ Categories: vulnerability, sea ice change, Traditional Knowledge, Arctic, tribe, indigenous	2009	Canada, Arctic	Link
Lenarz MS, Nelson ME, Schrage MW, Edwards AJ. (2009): Temperature Mediated Moose Survival in Northeastern Minnesota. The Journal of Wildlife Management, 73: 503–510. Categories: Alces alces, Climate change, critical temperature threshold, distribution, Minnesota, moose, mortality, survival, tribe, indigenous	2009	Northwest	Link
McClintock, S. E., 2009: Ch. 17: Coastal and riverine erosion challenges: Alaskan villages’ sustainability. Climate Change And Arctic Sustainable Development: Scientific, Social, Cultural And Educational Challenges,, UNESCO, 120. Categories: Alaska, Erosion, Sustainability, tribe, indigenous	2009	Arctic, Alaska	Link
McLean, Kirsty Galloway, Ameyali Ramos-Castillo, Tony Gross, Sam Johnston, Marjo Vierros, and Rahera Noa 2009. Report of the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change. April 20-24. Anchorage, Alaska. United Nations University—Traditional Knowledge Initiative, Darwin, Australia. Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Global Summit, tribe, indigenous	2009	Global
McNutt, Deborah (ed). 2009. Northwest Tribes: Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change. Brief prepared for the Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute. Olympia, WA: Evergreen State College. Categories: Climate Impacts, Adaptation, Tribal Nations, Mitigation	2009	National, Washington, Northwest, International (Canada)	Link
Oliver-Smith, Anthony. 2009 Development and Dispossession: The Crisis of Forced Displacement and Resettlement. Santa Fe, New Mexico: School for Advanced Research Press. Categories: Climate-induced displacement, resettlement, tribe, indigenous	2009	Southwest
Papiez, C., 2009: Climate Change Implications for the Quileute and Hoh Tribes of Washington: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Assessing Climatic Disruptions to Coastal Indigenous Communities. Master’s Thesis, Environmental Studies. The Evergreen State College, 119 pp. URL Categories: Climate change, Quileute and Hoh Tribes, Coastal Tribes, Northwest, Traditional Knowledge, tribe, indigenous	2009	Northwest	Link
Parkinson, A. J., and B. Evengård, 2009: Climate change, its impact on human health in the Arctic and the public health response to threats of emerging infectious diseases. Global Health Action, 2, doi:10.3402/gha.v2i0.2075. URL Categories: Climate change, Health, Arctic, infectious diseases	2009	Arctic	Link
Pearce, Tristan D., Ford, James D., Laidler, Gita J., Smit, Barry, Duerden, Frank Duerden, Allarut, Mishak, Andrachuk, Mark, Baryluk, Steven, Dialla, Andrew, Elee, Pootoogoo, Goose, Annie, Ikummaq, Theo, Joamie, Eric, Kataoyak, Fred, Loring, Eric, Meakin, Stephanie, Scott Nickels, Scot, Shappa, Kip, Shirley, Jamal, and Johanna Wandel. 2009. Community collaboration and climate change research in the Canadian Arctic. Polar Research 28(1):10–27. Categories: Adaptation, Canadian Arctic, Climate change, community–researcher collaboration, Inuit, vulnerability, tribe, indigenous	2009	Arctic	Link
Tribal Climate Change Forum. 2009.	2009	United States, International, Pacific Northwest, Coast, Oregon, Washington, California	Link
Pungowiyi, C., 2009: Siberian Yup'ik Elder, personal communication.	2009
Oliver Timm and Henry F. Diaz, 2009: Synoptic-Statistical Approach to Regional Downscaling of IPCC Twenty-First-Century Climate Projections: Seasonal Rainfall over the Hawaiian Islands. J. Climate, 22, 4261–4280. Categories:* Climate Modeling, Hawaiian Regional Climate Model	2009	Hawaii, Pacific	Link
Roncoli, Carla, Crane Todd, and Ben Orlove. 2009. Fielding Climate Change in Cultural Anthropology. In Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions. S.A. Crate and M. Nuttall, eds. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, pp. 87–115. Categories: Climate change, global warming	2009		Link
Salazar, Ken. 2009. Interior Secretarial Order 3289, “Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on America’s Water, Land, and other Natural and Cultural Resources.” Available at: http://www.doi.gov//whatwedo/climate/strategy/index.cfm. Categories: Secretarial order	2009		Link
Sloan, K. (2009). Climate Change Issues & Needs for the Yurok Tribe. Impacts of Climate Change on Tribes in the United States, National Tribal Air Association. Attachment L. Categories: Yurok tribe, tribe, indigenous, Climate change	2009
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. 2009. Swinomish Climate Change Initiative Impact Assessment Technical Report. Categories: Impact Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, tribe, indigenous	2009	Northwest
Sigler, M. F., R. J. Foy, J. W. Short, M. Dalton, L. B. Eisner, T. P. Hurst, J. F. Morado, and R. P. Stone. 2008. Forecast fish, shellfish and coral population responses to ocean acidification in the north Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea: An ocean acidification research plan for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center. AFSC Processed Rep. 2008-07, 35 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 17109 Point Lena Loop Road, Juneau AK 99801. Categories: Southeast Alaska, shellfish, coastal change, Holkham bay, ocean acidification, king crab, Pacific Cod, fisheries, coral, plankton, marine mammal, seabird,	2008	Alaska	Link
Harris, P. M., A. D. Neff, S. W. Johnson, and J. F. Thedinga. 2008. Eelgrass habitat and faunal assemblages in the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFSAFSC-182, 46 p. Categories: Southeast Alaska, eelgrass, habitat, spawning, Zostera marina, shoreline, coastal, marine, herring, shellfish, fisheries, water quality, biotic species,	2008	Alaska	Link
Alessa L, Kliskey A, Busey R, Hinzman L, White D (2008) Freshwater vulnerabilities and resilience on the Seward Peninsula: integrating multiple dimensions of landscape change. Global Environ Chang 18:256–270 Categories: Arctic, Landscape change, resilience, Social–ecological systems, vulnerability, Mapping, tribe, indigenous	2008	Arctic	Link
Bailey, Garrick A., ed. 2008. Indians in Contemporary Society. Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 2. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution. Categories: tribe, indigenous	2008	North America	Link
Berkes, F., 2008: Sacred Ecology, 2nd Ed. Routledge, 314 pp. Categories: resource management, Traditional Knowledge, indigenous peoples, tribe, indigenous	2008	Global
Legislature, Alaska State. 2008. Final Commission Report: Alaska Climate Impact Assessment Commission. Categories: Southeast Alaska, traditional knowledge, TEK, climate change, relocation, vulnerability assessment	2008	Alaska
Chapin, F. S., Trainor, S. F., Huntington, O., Lovecraft, A. L., Zavaleta, E., Natcher, D. C., ... & Naylor, R. L. (2008). Increasing wildfire in Alaska's boreal forest: pathways to potential solutions of a wicked problem. BioScience, 58(6), 531-540. Categories: Alaska, global change, scale, Wildfire, wicked problem, tribe, indigenous	2008	Alaska

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.