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
Chambers, R.P. and Stephens, W.F., 2016. Principles of International Law That Support Claims of Indian Tribes to Water Resources. UCLA L. Rev., 63, p.1530. Vancouver Categories: self-determination, sovereignty, treaty rights, governance, international rights	2016	International, Global	Link
McDonald, Rachael. Siletz Tribe Acquires Salmon Habitat On Central Coast. 2016. Categories: salmon, marine, estuary, wetlands, food sovereignty	2016	Oregon Coast	Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Occupational Groups. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: immigrant workers, climate change, seasonal farmworker, wildfires, education, preparation, safety, occupational risks, biohazard	2016	United States, International	Link
Alaskan village votes to relocate over global warming. CNN. 2016. Categories: Alaska, Climate change, coastal erosion, sea level, tradition,	2016	Pacific Northwest, Arctic, Alaska, United States	Link
Terri Hansen. 2016. 'Extreme Heat Week' Combats Climate Change With Resilience Strategies for Tribes. Indian Country Today Media Network. Categories: Climate Adaptation, Climate Impacts, Indigenous Peoples, Drought	2016	National	Link
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2016. Qualitative Assessment: Evaluating the Impacts of Climate Change on Endangered Species Act Recovery Actions for the South Fork Nooksack River, WA. EPA/600/R-16/153. Western Ecology Division, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Corvallis, OR. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, restoration, habitat, stream quality, water health, planning, policy,	2016	Washington state, Nooksack	Link
Swanston, Christopher W. Janowiak, Maria K. Brandt, Leslie A. Butler, Patricia R. Handler, Stephen D. Shannon, P. Danielle Derby Lewis, Abigail Hall, Kimberly Fahey, Robert T. Scott, Lydia Kerber, Angela Miesbauer, Jason W. Darling, Lindsay. Forest Adaptation Resources: Climate Change Tools and Approaches for Land Managers, 2nd Edition. USDA. 2016.	2016	National	Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Peoples, Climate Change Loss and Damage, and the Responsibility of Settler States (April 25, 2016). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770085 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2770085 Categories: Climate Change, Sovereignty, Colonial States, Responsibility, Philosophy	2016	National, International	Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Older Adults. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: elders, elderly, seniors, disabilities, climate change, biohazard, health risks	2016	United States, International	Link
Linn, Emily. US tribes work with scientists against climate change. 2016. Categories: Choctaw, Oklahoma, Climate change, weather patterns, clean water, drought, vulnerability assessment	2016	Oklahoma, United States, Southeast	Link
Renee Lewis. 2016. Undamming this major U.S. river is opening a world of possibility for native cultures and wildlife. Fusion. Categories: Dam Removal, Salmon, Ecological Restoration, Indigenous Peoples, Klamath River	2016	Northwest	Link
Climate Change Adaptation: Traditional Knowledge of Indigenous Peoples Inhabiting the Arctic and Far North. UNESCO. 2016. Categories: Traditional knowledge, Indigeneity, climate change, mitigation, adaptation	2016	International	Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Food Systems, Environmental Justice, and Settler-Industrial States (April 25, 2016). 2015. In Global Food, Global Justice: Essays on Eating under Globalization. Edited by M. Rawlinson & C. Ward, 143-156, Cambridge Scholars Publishing.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770094 Categories: Environmental Justice, Injustice, Food Systems, Detroit, Philosophy	2016	National	Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of People with Disabilities. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: disability, disabled, health risks, accessibility, biohazards, resources, climate change	2016	United States, International	Link
Dunlap, Tiare. These Native American Youths Are Running 2,000 Miles to Protect Their Water. People. 2016. Categories: DAPL, pipeline, oil, North Dakota, Standing Rock Reservation, Native Youth, Traditional Knowledge	2016	North Dakota, United States, Standing Rock Reservation, Midwest	Link
Coral Davenport and Campbell Robertson. 2016. Resettling the First American ‘Climate Refugees’. New York Times. Categories: Isle de Jean Charles Band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians, Sea Level Rise, Climate Impacts, Relocation	2016	Southeast, Gulf of Mexico	Link
Zimmer, Carl. Global Warming Alters Arctic Food Chain, Scientists Say, With Unforeseeable Results. USDA. 2016. Categories: tribal relations, current events, agency, tribe, collaboration,	2016	National	Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Environmental Movements and the Function of Governance Institutions (April 25, 2016). Whyte, K.P. 2016. Indigenous Environmental Movements and the Function of Governance Institutions. Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory. Edited by T. Gabrielson, C. Hall, J. Meyer & D. Schlosberg, 563-580. Oxford University Press.. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770066 Categories: Governance, Indigenous Environmental Movements, Reciprocal Responsibilities, Philosophy	2016	National, International	Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of People with Existing Medical Conditions. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: health risks, medical conditions, climate change, biohazard,	2016	United States, International	Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Pregnant Women. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: socioeconomics, climate change, pregnancy, pregnant, mother, women, health risks, education, biohazard	2016	United States, International	Link
Brinkman, T.J., Hansen, W.D., Chapin, F.S., Kofinas, G., BurnSilver, S. and Rupp, T.S., 2016. Arctic communities perceive climate impacts on access as a critical challenge to availability of subsistence resources. Climatic Change, 139(3-4), pp.413-427. Categories: climate change, subsistence, ice, arctic, traditional knowledge, environment, wild foods, food justice, adaptation, human health, economy	2016	Alaska, Arctic	Link
John M. Rybczyk, Alan F. Hamlet, Carol MacIlroy, Larry Wasserman. 2016. Introduction to the Skagit Issue—From Glaciers to Estuary: Assessing Climate Change Impacts on the Skagit River Basin. Northwest Science. Categories: Skagit River Basin, Climate Impacts, Assessment, Scientific Data, Salmonids	2016	Northwest, Skagit River Basin	Link
Climate Change and Our Natural Resources: A Report from the Treaty Tribes in Western Washington. NWTT. 2016. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy, fisheries, marine health, cultural resources, food sovereignty	2016	National	Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigeneity and US Settler Colonialism (April 25, 2016). Forthcoming in Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race, Edited by Naomi Zack, Oxford University Press. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770061 Categories: Indigeneity, Indigenous Identity, Philosophy	2016	National, International	Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigenous Experience, Environmental Justice and Settler Colonialism (April 25, 2016). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770058 Categories: Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, INjustice, Responsibility, Settler Colonialism, Philosophy	2016	National, International	Link
Armatas, C. A., T. J. Venn, B. B. McBride, A. E. Watson, and S. J. Carver. 2016. Opportunities to utilize traditional phenological knowledge to support adaptive management of social-ecological systems vulnerable to changes in climate and fire regimes. Ecology and Society 21(1):16. Categories: adaptation planning, climate change, traditional knowledge, traditional ecological knowledge, Indigenous knowledge, ecology, stewardship, fire management	2016	Western United States	Link
n.a. 2016. Indigenous women in Peru combat climate change and boost economy. UN Women. Categories: climate change, Native women, Indigeneity, adaptation, TEK, ancestral practices, tradition, agriculture, economy, management, planning, social justice, gender equality, food justice	2016	Peru	Link
Martinez, Ricardo S. Appeal from the Unite States District Court for the Western District of Washington. United States v. Washington State. 2016. Categories: salmon, water rights, jurisdiction, WA, culvert, fish habitat, treaty violations, state	2016	National, Washington state	Link
Zhiliang Zhu and A. David McGuire (eds). 2016. Baseline and Projected Future Carbon Storage and Greenhouse-Gas Fluxes in Ecosystems of Alaska Categories: Climate Impacts, Methane, Climate Mitigation, Wildfire, Permafrost Thaw, Climate Assessment	2016	Alaska, Northwest	Link
Categories: Southeast Alaska, streamflow, hydrology, adaptation, fisheries, management	2016	Alaska	Link

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.