Literature

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 Categorysort ascending Geography Website
ITEP. 2013. Climate Change and Fisheries: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt. 2013 fishery, water health, climate adaptation, resource management, fact sheet United States Link
Craig P. Paukert, Abigail J. Lynch, James E. Whitney. Effects of Climate Change on North American Inland Fishes: Introduction to the Special Issue. DOI. 2016. 2016 fisheries, climate change, fish management, water management National Link
NPR 2019 fish, shellfish, clams, food source, climate change Puget Sound Link
Gilles, Nathan. Threat of Salmon Extinction Turns Small Tribe Into Climate Researchers. Yes!Magazine. 2016. 2016 fish havens, salmon heath, stream repopulation, watershed, temperature, climate change Washington state Link
Hoover, E. 2013. Cultural and health implications of fish advisories in a Native American community. BioMed Central Ltd. 2013 Fish advisories, Native American, Mohawk, Haudenosaunee, PCBs, Superfund, St. Lawrence River, Health risk assessment, tribe, indigenous Northeast Link
Turner, N. J., R. Gregory, C. Brooks, L. Failing, and T. Satterfield. 2008. From invisibility to transparency: Identifying the implications. Ecology and Society 13(2): 7. 2008 First Nations, decision making, resource use, negotiations, cultural values, tribe, indigenous Western North America
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 2018 first foods, indigenous food systems, salmon migration, salmon health, religion, culture and tradition, TK 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 2019 fire suppression, federal management, fire regimes, fire cycles, fire frequency 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 2019 fire suppression, colonization, prescribed burning, traditional management, traditional foods 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) 2018 fire management, wildfire management, forest restoration, plant health Southern Oregon, Rogue River Basin Link
Ensia 2019 fire management, tribal knowledge, indigenous practices 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 2022 fire management, smoke, resource book, social issues 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/ 2018 fire management, Karuk Tribe, aboriginal lands, land management, traditional foods, cultural resources 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. 2019 fire danger, firefighter safety, community fire risk, forecast, sever fire danger index Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Indigenous Populations. Factsheet. 2016. 2016 Federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, Indian communities, Indian territories, biohazards, climate change, vulnerability assessment, adaptation, mitigation, coast, natural resources, food security, culture 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. 2008 Federal Recognition, tribe, indigenous United States
Klopotek, Brian. 2011. Recognition Odysseys: Indigeneity, Race, and Federal Tribal Recognition Policy in Three Louisiana Indian Communities. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2011 Federal Recognition, Louisiana, Tunica-Biloxi, Jena Choctaws, Clifton-Choctaws, tribe, indigenous Southeast
Miller, Mark. 2004 Forgotten Tribes: Unrecognized Indians and the Federal Acknowledgment Process. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. 2004 Federal Recognition, Federal Acknowledgment Process (FAP), tribal sovereignty, tribe, indigenous United States Link
Barker, Joanne. 2011. Native Acts: Law, Recognition, and Cultural Authenticity. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. 2011 Federal Recognition, cultural authenticity, Native oppression, decolonization and self-determination, Native movements and cultural revitalization, tribe, indigenous 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. 2018 extreme wildfires, climate change impacts, coastal erosion, rising temperatures, assessment California Link
Pringle, Heather. 2017. In the Land of Lost Gardens. Hakai Magazine. 2017 ethnobotany, TEK, traditional knowledge, plants, first foods, traditional foods, British Colombia, Canada, Pacific Northwest Link
Whyte, Kyle. 2015. The Ethics of Traditional Knowledge Exchange in Climate Change Initiatives. Earthzine. 2015 Ethics, Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Climate Initiatives National, International Link
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 2017 EPA, coal emissions, greenhouse gas regulations, energy, clean energy, alternative, climate change, mitigation, policy 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 2014 EPA, climate resilience, Seminole tribe, water utilities 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. 2012 Environmental migration, vulnerability, Adaptation, Governance, Inequity, Alaska, tribe, indigenous Alaska, Arctic Link
Middleton, BM. (2012) “Just Another Hoop to Jump Through?” Using Environmental Laws and Processes to Protect Indigenous RightsEnvironmental management. 52:5. 2012 Environmental law Site protection Native American Indigenous Human rights Cultural resources, tribe, indigenous
The Dakota Access Pipeline, Environmental Injustice, and U.S. Colonialism. 2017. In Red Ink: An International Journal of Indigenous Literature, Arts, & Humanities. 2017 environmental justice, social change, protest, demonstration, fossil fuel, capitalism, indigenous, sovereignty, self-determination, treaty rights 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.↩ 2011 Environmental Justice, Native American environmental thought, environmental ethics, environmental policy, tribal governance, Indian environmental law, tribe, indigenous United States
Harris, S., and Harper, B., (2011) A Method for Tribal Environmental Justice Analysis. Vol. 4, No.4, Environmental Justice, p. 231-237. 2011 Environmental Justice, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), traditional lifeways, Risk Assessment, tribe, indigenous United States Link

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