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
Tejsner, Pelle. 2013. Living with uncertainties: Qeqertarsuarmiut perceptions of changing sea ice. Polar Geography 36(1–2): 47–64. Categories: Climate change, Arctic, sea ice, Coastal, harvesting, Greenland, Crisis-narratives, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic	Link
Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA] (2013) 2013 American Indian Population and Labor Force Report. Washington, DC. Categories: labor force, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States	Link
Categories: climate change, anthropogenic, vulnerability, health, globe	2013	National	Link
Tsosie R (2013) Climate change and indigenous peoples: Comparative models of sovereignty. In: Abate RS, Kronk EA (eds) Climate change and indigenous peoples: The search for legal remedies. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp 79–95 Categories: Soveregnity, cultural soveregnity, political soveregnity, tribal rights, indigenous peoples, tribe, indigenous	2013	Global
US DOE: Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development. 2013. Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grant Program. Available at: http://www.indianaffairs.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc1-026611.pdf Categories: grant recipients	2013	United States	Link
Christensen, Miyase, Nillson, Annika E., and Nina Wormbs, eds. 2013. Media and the Politics of Arctic Climate Change. When the Ice Breaks. New York: Palgrave MacMillan. Categories: Climate change, Arctic, Science, Media, environmental change, Geopolitics	2013	Arctic	Link
Categories: climate change, Inuit, human health, environment, impacts	2013	Candada	Link
Tyrrell, Martina. 2013. Enacting and renewing identity, kinship and humanity on the sea ice. Polar Geography 36(1–2): 30–46. Categories: descriptive ethnography, sea ice, formation, transformation, and expression of social relationships, performance of identity, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic	Link
Wildcat, D.R. Climatic Change (2013) 120: 509. doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0849-6 Categories: DOI, climate change, adaptation, mitigation	2013	National	Link
Vinyeta, Kirsten; Lynn, Kathy. 2013. Exploring the role of traditional ecological knowledge in climate change initiatives. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-879. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 37 p. Categories: traditional knowledges, climate change, tribe, Indigenous	2013	United States	Link
Cochran, P., O. H. Huntington, C. Pungowiyi, S. Tom, S. F. Chapin, III, H. P. Huntington, N. G. Maynard, and S. F. Trainor, 2013: Indigenous frameworks for observing and responding to climate change in Alaska. Climatic Change, 120, 557-567, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0735-2.↩ Categories: traditional knowledges, tribe, indigenous	2013	Alaska	Link
ITEP. 2013. Fact Sheet- Black Carbon Alaska. EPA. Categories: Alaska Native Villages, Black Carbon, emissions, Climate Mitigation, human health, visibility, factsheet	2013	Alaska, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, West Coast, Global, Arctic, United States	Link
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (2013) Assessment of American Indian Housing Needs and Programs: Final Report. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research, Washington DC. Categories: Housing, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States	Link
Driscoll, D.L., Sunbury, T., Johnston, J. and Renes, S., 2013. Initial findings from the implementation of a community-based sentinel surveillance system to assess the health effects of climate change in Alaska. International journal of circumpolar health, 72(1), p.21405. Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, Alaska Native villages, climate change surveillance, observations, policy, community, community activism, community participation, social change, climate science, water security, food security, changed social activities, reduced activities	2013	Alaska	Link
Voggesser G, Lynn K, Daigle J, Lake FK, Ranco D (2013) Cultural Impacts to Tribes from Climate Change Influences on Forests. Climatic Change. DOI # 10.1007/s10584-013-0733-4. Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Forest resources, Adaptation, Management, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States	Link
Cozzetto, K, Chief, K., Dittmer, K., Brubaker, M., Gough, R., Souza, K., Ettawageshik, F., Wotkyns, S., Opitz-Stapleton, S., Duren, S., Chavan, P., 2013: Climate change impacts on the water resources of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the US. Climatic Change, 120(3 special issue): 569-584. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-013-0852-y Categories: water rights, tribal sovereignty, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States	Link
ITEP. 2013. Climate Change and Black Carbon: What it means for Tribes and what you can do.	2013	United States, National, Global, Arctic	Link
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [USEPA] (2013) Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs Survey: American Indian and Alaska Native Village Water Systems Survey. USEPA, Drinking Water Protection Division, Washington, DC. Categories: drinking water, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States	Link
Westman, Clinton N. 2013 Social Impact Assessment and the Anthropology of the Future in Canada’s Tar Sands. Human Organization 72(2):111-120. Categories: social impact assessment, tar sands, Anthropology of the Future, Canada, traditional land use	2013	Canada	Link
Crippa, L. and Gordon, G. 2013. International Law Principles for REDD+: The rights of indigenous peoples and the obligations of REED+. Indian Law Resource Center working paper. Categories: American Indian Law, REDD+, Indingeous people, Rights, tribe, indigenous	2013	Global	Link
Dittmer, K., 2013: Changing streamflow on Columbia basin tribal lands—climate change and salmon. Climatic Change, 120, 627-641, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0745-0. URL ↩ Categories: Streamflow, Traditional foods, tribe, indigenous, Salmon	2013	Northwest	Link
Whyte, K. Powys, 2013: Justice forward: Tribes, climate adaptation and responsibility. Climatic Change, 120, 517-530, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0743-2.↩ Categories: justice, responsibility, Adaptation, Soveregnity, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States
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
Williams, T., & Hardison, P. (2013). Culture, law, risk and governance: contexts of traditional knowledge in climate change adaptation. Climatic Change, 120(3), 531-544. Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Adaptation, FPIC, tribe, indigenous	2013	Global	Link
NOAA. 2012 Global Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States National Climate Assessment. NOAA Technical Report OAR CPO-1. http://scenarios.globalchange.gov/sites/default/files/NOAA_SLR_r3_0.pdf Categories: Sea Level Rise	2012	United States	Link
Norris, T., P. L. Vines, and E. M. Hoeffel, 2012: The American Indian and Alaska Native Population: 2010. 21 pp., U.S. Census Bureau. URL ↩ Categories: American Indian Population, tribe, indigenous	2012	United States
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
Alaska Forum, 2012: Alaska Forum on the Environment. Alaska Forum on the Environment, 54. URL ↩	2012	Alaska, Arctic	Link
ITEP. 2012. Climate Change and Invasive Species: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt. Categories: Climate adaptation, invasive species, climate mitigation, prevention,	2012	United States	Link
Osborn R. 2012. Climate Change and the Columbia River Treaty. Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy. Vol 2.1. Pg. 75-123 Categories: Climate change, Columbia River Basin, Columbia River Treaty, hydropower, tribe, indigenous	2012	Northwest, Columbia River Basin, Oregon, Washington state	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.