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.

Publicationsort descending Year Category Geography Website
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, 2010: Swinomish Climate Change Initiative Climate Adaptation Action Plan. 144 pp., Swinomish Indian Tribal Community Office of Planning and Community Development, La Conner, WA. URL ↩ 2010 Swinomish, Adaptation Plan, tribe, indigenous Northwest Link
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community. 2009. Swinomish Climate Change Initiative Impact Assessment Technical Report. 2009 Impact Assessment, Vulnerability Assessment, tribe, indigenous Northwest
Swinomish Indian Tribe. 2014. Correlation and Climate Sensitivity of Human Health and Environmental Indicators in the Salish Sea. USGS. 2014 climate change, fisheries, shelfish, aquaculture, management, conservation, collaboration, international Canada, United States, British Columbia, Washington state, Puget Sound Link
Sydell, L., 2010: FCC Eyes Broadband for Indian Reservations. NPR News. URL ↩ 2010 Reservations, Telecommunications, tribe, indigenous United States Link
Sydeman, W.J., E. Poloczanska, T.E. Reed, and S.A. Thompson. 2015. Climate change and marine vertebrates. Science 13 (350, no. 6262): 772-777, doi: 10.1126/science.aac9874 2015 Marine Ecosystems Impacts, Marine Vertebrates, Population Dynamics, Climate Impacts Pacific Northwest, Coastal Link
Talloni-Álvarez, Nicolás E., et al. “Climate Change Impact on Canada's Pacific Marine Ecosystem: The Current State of Knowledge.” Marine Policy, vol. 104, no. June 2019, pp. 163–176., doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2019.02.035. 2019 climate change impacts, oceans, acidification, rising temperatures, marine health, equity, fishing access, First Nations Canada Link
Tania Schoennagel, Penny Morgan, Jennifer Balch, Philip Dennison, Brian Harvey, Richard Hutto, Meg Krawchuk, Max Moritz, Ray Rasker, and Cathy Whitlock. 2016. Insights from wildfire science: a resource for fire policy discussions. 2016 Wildfire, Climate Adaptation National Link
Tanner, T., Lewis, D., Wrathall, D., Bronen, R., Cradock-Henry, N., Huq, S., Lawless, C., Nawrotzki, R., Prasad, V., Rahman, Md. A., Alaniz, R., King, K., McNamara, K., Nadiruzzaman, Md., Henly- Shepard, S. and Thomalla, F. (2015) Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change, Nature Climate Change 5: 23–26. doi:10.1038/nclimate2431 2015 Livelihood resilience, Climate change, resilience, human livelihood, agency Global Link
Tano, M. L., 2007: Indian Tribes and Climate Change: A Historical Perspective. 2 pp., The International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Denver, CO. URL 2007 Climate change, American Indians, resource management, tribe, indigenous United States Link
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 ↩ 2003 resource management, tribe, indigenous Link
Tegel, S. (2018, September 17). A Native Answer to Climate Change. U.S. News. Retrieved September 18, 2018, from https://www.usnews.com/news/best-countries/articles/2018-09-17/indigenous-peoples-property-rights-may-help-slow-climate-change 2018 indigenous rights, human rights, land management, climate change, Co2 emissions, illegal logging, deforestation South America 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 2020 shellfish poisoning, traditional foods, warming water temperatures, subsistence practices, culture Alaska Link
Tejsner, Pelle. 2013. Living with uncertainties: Qeqertarsuarmiut perceptions of changing sea ice. Polar Geography 36(1–2): 47–64. 2013 Climate change, Arctic, sea ice, Coastal, harvesting, Greenland, Crisis-narratives, tribe, indigenous Arctic Link
Tengö, M., R. Hill, P. Malmer, C. M. Raymond, M. Spierenburg, F. Danielsen, T. Elmqvist, C. Folke. 2017. Weaving knowledge systems in IPBES, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26–27:17–25 2017 climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy International Link
Terence, Malcolm. Karuk Tribe Holds Its Own Climate Study Session. Two Rivers Tribune. 2016. 2016 climate assessment, climate science, indigenous knowledge, tribal lands, local government, orleans, Federal agency, California, Orleans, Pacific Northwest Link
Teresa Evans-Campbell. 2008. Historical Trauma in American Indian/Native Alaska Communities: Multilevel Framework for Exploring Impacts on Individuals, Families, and Communities. Journal of Interpersonal Violence 23(3): 316-338. 2008 historical trauma, American Indians, microaggressions, intergenerational trauma, tribe, indigenous United States Link
Teresa G. Jacobs and Santi Alston. Climate Change Impacts on Tribes’ Off-Reservation Resources: Legal Avenues for Protection. 2011. 2011 legal strategies, off-reservation resources, cultural resource protection, traditional subsistence, prevention, ecological removal, treaty-protected, National, United States Link
Terri Hansen. 2016. 'Extreme Heat Week' Combats Climate Change With Resilience Strategies for Tribes. Indian Country Today Media Network. 2016 Climate Adaptation, Climate Impacts, Indigenous Peoples, Drought National Link
Tester, Frank J., and Peter Irniq. 2008. Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit: Social History, Politics, and Practice of Resistance. Arctic 61(Suppl. 1):48–61. 2008 Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, Culture, Rights, Inuit social history, wildlife management, resistance, Nunavut government, Western Science, tribe, indigenous Arctic Link
Thackeray L (2012) 2012 Montana wildfires burn most acreage since 1910. Billings Gazette. 11/1/2012. Billings, MT 2012 Wildfire Northwest Link
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
The Government-to-Government Relationship in a Changing Climate: A review of federal consultation policies 2012 Consultation, Federal Policy National Link
The Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR) 2010. Fact Sheet: Women, Disasters, and Hurricane Katrina. 2010 Violence against women, Disasters, Hurricane Katrina Southeast
The National Academic Press 2019 climate change, assessment, action, subnational organizations National Link
The Nature Conservancy. 2012. Klawock River, Salmon Passage and Habitat Restoration Project Final Report. Prepared for NOAA Restoration Center. The Working Forest Group. 2013. Consolidated young growth forest land base analysis for all land ownership in Southeast Alaska and recommendations for federal land managers. Prepared at the request of: USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region. 2012 Southeast Alaska, Klawock Community Association, Klawock Heenya Corporation, watershed, hydrology Alaska Link
The Salmon People at Risk: What Climate Change Means for the Puyallup Tribe. LRInspire. 2016. 2016 ppuyallup, salmon, fisheries, traditional foods, TEK, sovereignty, climate change, water health Washignton State Link
The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 2019 preparedness, strategies, government capabilities United States. Link
The Washington-British Columbia Transboundary Climate-Connectivity Project. University of Washington. 2016. 2016 climate impacts, climate models, climate adaptation, mitigation, case study, climate model Washington state, British Colombia, National, International Link
The White House, December 2022. "Building a Clean Energy Economy: A Guidebook to the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investments in Clean Energy and Climate Action." www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Inflation-Reduction-Act-Guidebook.pdf 2022 funding, inflation reduction act, IRA, energy National Link
Therrell, M. D., and M. J. Trotter, 2011: Waniyetu Wówapi: Native American records of weather and climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92, 583-592, doi:10.1175/2011bams3146.1. URL ↩ 2011 weather records, tribe, indigenous Great Plains

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