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	Geography	Website
USDA, USFS Categories: relations, tribes, land management, monitoring, resources, religious, cultural, consultation	2006	Northwest	Link
Hill, D. 2017. Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land. The Guardian. Categories: religion, catholicism, sovereignty, self-determination, stewardship, jurisdiction, policy	2017	International, Global	Link
Alaska Department of Commerce and Community and Economic Development, 2012: Relocation Report: Newtok to Mertarvik. 58 pp., Alaska Department of Commerce and Community and Economic Development, Anchorage, AK. URL↩ Categories: relocation report, Newtok, tribe, indigenous	2012	Alaska, Arctic
University of Oregon, 2011: Climate Change: Realities of Relocation for Alaska Native Villages. Tribal Climate Change Project-Tribal Profiles. 5 pp., The University of Oregon, Eugene, OR. URL ↩ Categories: Relocation, Alaska, tribe, indigenous	2011	Alaska
Walker, R., 2012: Haida Gwaii Quake brings home the importance of Quileute relocation legislation. Indian Country Today Media Network.com. URL ↩ Categories: Relocation, Quileute, tribe, indigenous	2012	Northwest	Link
Laska, Shirley Tony Laska, Bob Gough, Jack Martin, Albert Naquin, and Kristina Peterson. 2014. Proposal for Isle de Jean Charles Relocation Planning. Indigenous Roots for Sustainable Futures: Proactive Solutions for a Time of Change. Categories: Relocation, resilience, tribe, indigenous	2014	Coastal Louisiana, Southeast	Link
Swan C, Chief Albert P Naquin and Stanley Tom. 2015. Building Respectul Solutions. Forced Migration Review: Disasters and Displacement in a Changing Climate. Categories: Relocation, tribe, indigenous	2015	United States	Link
Bronen, R. (2014b). Choice and necessity: relocations in the Arctic and South Pacific. Forced Migration Review: 45. Categories: Relocations, indigenous people, tribe, Arctic, South Pacific, Relocation, Adaptation	2015	Arctic, South Pacific	Link
White, Avery. “The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Goes Solar.” The Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Goes Solar -, High Country News, 16 July 2019, www.hcn.org/articles/tribal-affairs-the-ute-mountain-ute-tribe-goes-solar. Categories: renewable energy, carbon-free energy, decarbonization, energy efficiency, sovereignty, solar panels, infrastructure, local knowledge	2019	Colorado	Link
Farmington Daily Times Categories: renewable energy, development, Navajo	2019	Navajo Nation	Link
DOE Office of Indian Energy. 2013 Fuel from Waste Helps Power Two Tribes. Indian Energy Beat Newsletter, Summer/Fall, pg. 3. http://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2013/11/f5/58723__NS_IE_Newsletter_SummerFall2013_FINAL.pdf Categories: Renewable energy, tribe, indigenous	2013	Southeast	Link
Raftery M. 2012. Wind Storm: Tribes Implore President Obama To Stop Ocotillo Express Wind Project, Save Cultural Resource Sites Available At: http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/wind-storm-tribes-implore-president-obama-stop-ocotillo-express-wind-project-save-cultural-resource Categories: Renewable energy, tribe, indigenous	2012		Link
EIA, 2000: Energy Consumption and Renewable Energy Development Potential on Indian Lands. April 2000. SR/CNEAF/2000-01. 68 pp., Energy Information Administration, Office of Coal, Nuclear, Electric and Alternate Fuels, U.S. Department of Energy.↩ Categories: Renewable energy, tribe, indigenous	2000	United States
Blunden, J. and T. Boyer, Eds., 2024: “State of the Climate in 2023”. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 105 (8), Si–S484 https://doi.org/10.1175/2024BAMSStateoftheClimate.1 Categories: report, global climate conditions	2024	Global	Link
Smith, Linda Tuhiwai 2004 Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. London: Zed Books Ltd. Categories: Research Methods, decolonization, indigenous methodologies, tribe, indigenous	2004	Global
By: Renee Crain Wagner, Arctic Research Support and Logistics (RSL) Program Manager at NSF; Amina Schartup, AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellow hosted in the NSF Office of Polar Programs, Arctic Sciences Section; and Meredith LaValley, IARPC. Categories: research, arctic, communication, indigenous knowledge, protection, relationship building, environmental stewardship	2019	Arctic	Link
Categories: research, publications, climate change adaptation, ecology, environment, wildlife, natural resource management, monitoring, analysis		National	Link
Sydell, L., 2010: FCC Eyes Broadband for Indian Reservations. NPR News. URL ↩ Categories: Reservations, Telecommunications, tribe, indigenous	2010	United States	Link
Nakashima, D.J., Galloway McLean, K., Thulstrup, H.D., Ramos Castillo, A. and Rubis, J.T. 2012. Weathering Uncertainty: Traditional Knowledge for Climate Change Assessment and Adaptation. Paris, UNESCO, and Darwin, UNU, 10 pp. Categories: Resiliance, vulnerability, Traditional Knowledge, Adaptation, Climate change, indigenous peoples, tribe, indigenous	2012	Global	Link
Berkes, F., 2008: Sacred Ecology, 2nd Ed. Routledge, 314 pp. Categories: resource management, Traditional Knowledge, indigenous peoples, tribe, indigenous	2008	Global
Tano, M. L., J. M. Rubin, and K. C. Denham, 2003: Identifying the Burdens and Opportunities for Tribes and Communities in Federal Facility Cleanup Activities: Environmental Remediation Technology Assessment Matrix For Tribal and Community Decision-Makers. 65 pp., The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Denver, CO. URL ↩ Categories: resource management, tribe, indigenous	2003		Link
United States, Congress, “2016 USDA Resource Guide for American Indians & Alaska Natives .” 2016 USDA Resource Guide for American Indians & Alaska Natives , 2017 Categories: resource, USDA, Tribes, Tribal entities	2017	National	Link
Bethel, Matthew B., Lynn F. Brien, Emily J. Danielson, Shirley B. Laska, John P. Troutman, William M. Boshart, Marco J. Giardino, and Maurice A. Phillips. 2011. Blending Geospatial Technology and Traditional Ecological Knowledge to Enhance Restoration Decision-Support Processes in Coastal Louisiana. CHART Publications. Paper 23:555 -571 Categories: Restoration, GIS, remote sensing, traditional ecological knowledge, Coastal Louisiana, land loss, marsh health, community vulnerability, Grand Bayou, ecosystem users, Coastal Management, tribe, indigenous	2011	Southeast	Link
National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. 2016. A Review of the Landscape Conservation Coopeartives. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press. Categories: Review, Landscape Conservation Cooperatives	2016	National	Link
Categories: risk assessment, climate science, climate change, hazard		International	Link
Redsteer, M. Hiza, Kelley, K.B., Francis, H. and Block, D. (2010a) Disaster risk assessment case study: Recent drought on the Navajo Nation, southwestern United States. In Annexes and Papers for the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations, 19p. Available at https://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2011/en/what/drought.html Categories: Risk Assessment, Drought, Navajo Nation, Southwest, tribe, indigenous	2010	Southwest	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
America's Most Endangered Rivers. 2016. Categories: Rivers, Environmental Degradation, Environmental Assessment		National	Link
Kuenzi, A.M., (2006) Treatment Effects and Understory Plant community Response on the Rodeo-Chediski Fire, Arizona. M.S. Thesis, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, 87p. Categories: Rodeo-Chediski Fire, White Mountain Apache Tribal lands (WMAT), Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests (A-S), pre-fire treatment, fire severity, tribe, indigenous	2006
Strom, B. A. (2005) Pre-fire Treatment Effects and Post-Fire Forest Dynamics on the Rodeo-Chediski Burn Area, Arizona. M.S. Thesis, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ, 131p. Categories: Rodeo-Chediski Fire, White Mountain Apache Tribal lands (WMAT), fuel reduction treatments, prescribed burning, tribe, indigenous	2005

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.