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
“Chickasaw Nation sustainability scientist April Taylor: U.S. Indigenous Communities Building Capacity to Confront the Impact Climate Change.” Between the Lines, Squeaky Wheel Productions, 13 Dec. 2017, www.btlonline.org/2017/seg/171222cf-btl-taylor.html. Categories: sustainability, climate change impacts, tribal water rights, climate change adaptation, capacity training	2017	National	Link
Reuters. 2017. Indigenous people best custodians of threatened forests, studies show. Categories: climate change, deforestation, forestry, mitigation, adaptation, jurisdiction, restricted access, technical assistance, planning, policy, conservation,	2017	National, Global, International	Link
Halofsky, J.E., Peterson, D.L. and Prendeville, H.R., 2017. Assessing vulnerabilities and adapting to climate change in northwestern US forests. Climatic Change, pp.1-14. Categories: climate chagne, adaptation, inter agency collaboration, partnerships, multiple jurisdiction, transboundary, management,	2017	Pacific Northwest, Washington state	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
Grunwald, Michael. Environmentalists get a dose of good news. Politico. 2017. Categories: TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, climate change, policy, planning, mitigation, adaptation	2017	National	Link
Harbarger, M. 2017. Bipartisan U.S. Senate committee supports safety bill for Columbia River tribal sites. The Oregonian. Categories: safety, hazard, legislation, policy, tribal welfare, community health, wellness, fisheries, salmon, wildfire,	2017	Oregon, Washington	Link
Sen, Basav. 2017. Trump's War on the Climate. Categories: climate change, federal court, resistance, social justice, climate justice, climate science, denial	2017	United States, National, Global	Link
Friedman, L. 2017. Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report. The New York Times. Categories: cliamte chagne, Tru,p Administration, white house, planning, policy, legislation, adaptation, mitigation, coal, emissions, carbon, green house gases,	2017	United States, National	Link
Cisneros-Montemayor AM, Pauly D, Weatherdon LV, Ota Y (2016) A Global Estimate of Seafood Consumption by Coastal Indigenous Peoples. PLoS ONE 11(12): e0166681. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0166681 Categories: climate change, marine, fisheries, aquaculture, seafood, mitigation, adaptation, food justice, economy, subsistence	2017	International	Link
For indigenous communities, fish mean much more than food. The Conversation. 2017. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, marine, water health, fisheries, aquaculture, commercial, subsistence, self-determination, traditional ecological knowledge,	2017	National	Link
Wong, E. 2017. China Poised to Take Lead on Climate After Trump’s Move to Undo Policies. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, greenhouse gasses, emissions, standards, limits, climate leader, world power	2017	China, United States, International, Global	Link
Philippe. 2017. Food forests are helping these Native American reservations eat healthier. Categories: climate change, seasonal migration, food production, food justice, social justice, climate justice, human health, noncommunicable diseases, local, sustainable, diet, nutrition, education, access	2017	National	Link
Milman, O. 2017. US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal. The Guardian. Categories: climate change, climate denial, scoial change, trump administration, policy, legislation, protocol, white house	2017	Untied States, National	Link
Fears, D. 2017. Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise ‘will not be kept,’ experts say. Categories: climate change, coal, unrestricted, pollution, emissions, greenhouse gasses, energy, industry, natural gas	2017	National	Link
Barrera, S. 2017. Cherokee playwright tackles love, climate change at Autry. Categories: playwright, theater, climate justice, climate change, court, law, legislation, planning, policy	2017	United States	Link
Lipton, E., Meier, B. 2017. Under Trump, Coal Mining Gets New Life on U.S. Lands. The New York Times. Categories: coal, emissions, green house gases, climate change, industry, regulations, policy, planning, legislation, jobs, employment, economy, export,	2017	United States, National	Link
Why Native American Tribes Are In McCall To Plan For Climate Change. Boise State. 2016. Categories: climate change, traditional foods, drought, salmon, water rights, wildfires	2016.	United States, Northwest	Link
Whitehouse. 2016. Federal Drought Plan. Categories: Drought, Planning, Climate Impacts, management, planning, policy, legislation, contingency, climate change, Obama archive	2016.	National	Link
Darryl Fears. 2016. Scientists say climate change is threatening the lifeblood of Canada’s native people. Washington Post. Categories: Climate Impacts, Species Decline, Salmon	2016.	Alaska, National, International (Canada)	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
Categories: Southeast Alaska, streamflow, hydrology, adaptation, fisheries, management	2016	Alaska	Link
Inspiring Resilience: Indigenous Disaster Resilience. in HazNet: The Magazine of the Canadian Risks and Hazards Network. 2016. Categories: climate change, model, adaptation, mitigation, risk, health, planning, policy, current events, news	2016	Canada, United States	Link
M. D. Flannigan, B. M. Wotton, G. A. Marshall, W. J. de Groot, J. Johnston, N. Jurko, A. S. Cantin. 2016. Fuel moisture sensitivity to temperature and precipitation: climate change implications. Climate Change, Volume 134, Issue 1, pp 59-71. DOI: 10.1007/s10584-015-1521-0 Categories: Climate impacts, Wildfire	2016	International (Canada)	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
Jacobs, Jeremy P. WATER RIGHTS: Wash. seeks rehearing of 'terribly unfair' salmon ruling. Greenwire. 2016. Categories: salmon, habitat restoration, water rights, treaty violations, WA, culverts	2016	Washignton State, Pacific Northwest, United States	Link
Rupp, D.E., Abatzoglou, J.T. and Mote, P.W., 2016. Projections of 21st century climate of the Columbia River Basin. Climate Dynamics, pp.1-17. Categories: climate change, baseline, climate science, projections, outcomes, mitigation, adaptation, policy, planning, support	2016	Pacific Northwest, Oregon, Columbia River Basin	Link
J.E. Halofsky and D L. Peterson. 2016. Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Adaptation Options for Forest Vegetation Management in the Northwestern USA. Atmosphere, 7(3), 46; doi:10.3390/atmos7030046 Categories: Forest Ecology, Climate Vulnerability Assessment, National Park and Forest Management	2016	Northwest	Link
Press, T. A. (2016, July 10). Columbia River fishing plan could alter limits for salmon, steelhead. Retrieved July 26, 2016, from http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2016/07/columbia_river_fishing_plan_co.html Categories: salmon, fisheries, marine health, steelhead, Tribal governments, Pacific Northwest Tribes	2016	Pacific Northwest, Washington, Oregon, National	Link
Thoman, Rick. 2016. At the Edge of the Wide Water: Southeast Alaska climate and Pacific Ocean variability. National Weather Service, Alaska region, Anchorage, Alaska. Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, climate patterns, Pacific ocean, Juneau, winter, snowfall, temperature, oscillation, precipitation, variability, hurricane, El Nino, the Blob, El Oho, Gulf of Alaska	2016	Alaska	Link
Assessing Cultural Resource Vulnerability To Climate Change with Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. NPLCC. 2016. Categories: climate change, klondike, Alaska, State parks, adaptation, mitigation, webinar, presentation	2016	Alaska, United States	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.