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
Lynn, Kathy. A Tribal Planning Framework -- Climate Change Adaptation Strategies by Sector. 2013. Categories: Adaptation, Planning	2013	National	Link
Nelson, C. (2013) The polar bear in the room: diseases of poverty in the Arctic. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 72:417-429 Categories: Arctic, poverty, circumpolar, Disease, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic	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
Bronen, R. (2013). Climate induced displacement of Alaska Native communities. Brookings Institution: Project on Internal Displacement.Washington D.C. Categories: Climate-induced displacement, Alaska, Arctic Internal Displacement North America Natural Disasters Climate Change Environment International Affairs, tribe, indigenous	2013	Alaska	Link
Ojima, D., J. Steiner, S. McNeeley, K. Cozzetto, and A. Childress, 2013: Great Plains Regional Climate Assessment Technical Report, National Climate Assessment 2013., 301 pp. URL ↩ Categories: Great Plains, assessment	2013	Great Plains	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
Bronen, R. 2013. Statutory limits prevent effective response to communities at climate risk. The Guardian, May 16, 2013. Categories: Climate-induced displacement, tribe, indigenous	2013	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Osborn, Tim. 2013. Keynote Comments: Critical Needs for Community Resilience. Presentation at the Building Resilience Workshop IV: Adapting to Uncertainty Implementing Resilience in Times of Change. March 2-9, New Orleans, LA. Categories: Sea Level Rise	2013	Southeast	Link
Bronen, R. and F. Stuart Chapin III, 2013. Adaptive governance and institutional strategies for climate-induced community relocations in Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Washington D.C., USA. Categories: Climate-induced displacement, Adaptive governance, Alaska, tribe, indigenous	2013	Alaska
Pulwarty, Roger. 2013 Presentation at the Rising Voices of Indigenous People in Weather and Climate Science Workshop. The Indigenous Peoples Climate Change Working Group and National Center Categories: tribe, indigenous	2013
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
Brown, H.E., Comrie, A.C., Drechsler, D.M., Barker, C.M., Basu, R., Brown, T., Gershunov, A., Kilpatrick, A.M., Reisen, W.K., Ruddell, D.M. (2013). Human Health, Chapter 15 in the Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwestern United States: A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment, A Report by the Southwest Climate Allinace, Island Press, Washington, DC, pp. 312-339. Categories: Human Health	2013	Southwest	Link
Raftery M. 2013. Federal Judge Hears Quechan Tribe’s Case On Ocotillo Wind Project Harm To Sacred Sites. East County Magazine. Categories: cultural resource protection, tribe, indigenous	2013	Northeast	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
Brubaker, M. 2013. Community health in a time of change -- Introduction. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 72: 407-8. Categories: Arctic, Health, community health, Wellness, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic	Link
Rivkin, I., Trimble, J., Lopez, E., Johnson, S., Orr, E., Allen, A. 2013. Disseminating research in rural Yup’ik communities: challenges and ethical considerations in moving from discovery to intervention development. International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 72: 409-416. Categories: Alaska Native, stress, coping, reporting research results, community-based participatory research (CBPR), research ethics, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic	Link
Willox, CA.; Landman, K.; Harper, S.L.; Edge, V.L.; Houle, K.; Ford, J. D. 2013. The land enriches the soul: On climatic and environmental change, affect, and emotional health and well-being in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada. Emotion, Space and Society. 6:14-24. Categories: Emotion, Climate change, environmental change, Health and well-being, Inuit, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic
Brugnach M. M Craps, A Dewulf (2013) "Including indigenous people in climate change mitigation: addressing issues of scale, knowledge and power" Climatic Change Categories: climate change mitigation, blended knowledge, knowledge sharing, tribe, indigenous	2013	Global	Link
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
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
Categories: climate change, anthropogenic, vulnerability, health, globe	2013	National	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
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
Categories: climate change, Inuit, human health, environment, impacts	2013	Candada	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
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
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
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
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

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.