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
UN Denounces Abuse of Free Assembly Rights for Water Protectors Standing Against DAPL. ICTMN. 2016. Categories: climate change, fossil fuels, carbon emissions, civil rights, self-determination, sovereignty, planning, policy, international law, water, oil, pipeline	2016	North Dakota, Midwest, National	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
Winters, Chris. Tulalips convene summit on adapting to climate change. 2016. HeraldNet. Categories: Arctic, traditional foods, subsistence, hunting, gathering, climate change, climate patterns	2016	Pacific Northwest, United States, Alaska, Arctic, Yukon	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
Zada, John. Canadian First Nation cleans up latest fuel spill mess. AlJazeera. 2016. Categories: environmental hazards, risks, oil spill, fossil fuel, traditional foods, pollution	2016	British Columbia, Canada, Pacific Northwest	Link
EPA. 2016. Climate Change and the Health of Indigenous Populations. Categories: TEK, climate change, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy, climate science, sovereignty, self determination, management	2016	National	Link
Swanson, M, Trainor, F. 2016. Current Coastal Change Research/Management Projects and Priority Information Needs in from Cook Inlet through Southeastern Alaska Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, coastal, erosion, marine, management, research	2016	Alaska	Link
Johnson, J., Howitt, R., Cajete, G., Berkes, F., Louis, R., Kliskey, A. 2016. Weaving Indigenous sustainability sciences to diversify our methods. Springer 11(1): 1-11. Categories: Traditional Knowledges, Sustainability Sciences, Research Protocols, Collaboration	2016	International	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
Gregg, Rachel, Score, A., Pietri, D., Hansen, L. The State of Climate Adaptation in U.S. Marine Fisheries Management. EcoAdapt. 2016. Categories: climate change, adaptation, natural resource management, policy, infrastructure, planning, development	2016	United States	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
Mufson, Steve. Obama administration cancels oil and gas leases on Blackfeet tribe’s sacred grounds. Washington Post. 2016. Categories: oil, fossil fuels, spill, leak, environmental hazard, pollution, sovereignty, self-determination	2016	Montana	Link
Whyte, K., Brewer, J., Johnson, J. 2016. Weaving Indigenous science, protocols and sustainability science. Springer 11(1): 25-32. Categories: Sustainability Sciences, Indigenous Protocols, Collaboration	2016	National	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
Toward Climate Resilience: A Framework and Principles for Science-Based Adaptation. UCS. 2016. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, climate science assessment	2016	United States	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
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
Beavers, Rebecca, Babson, Amanda, Shupp, Courtney. Coastal Adaptation Strategies Handbook. CAKE. 2016. Categories: climate change, coast, marine, pacific, adaptation, aquaculture, fisheries	2016	United States	Link
Kealiikanakaoleohaililani, K., Giardina, C. 2016. Embracing the sacred: an indigenous framework for tomorrow’s sustainability science. Springer 11(1): 57-67. Categories: Sustainability Sciences, Traditional Knowledges, Resource Management, Sacred	2016	National	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
Gilles, Nathan. Threat of Salmon Extinction Turns Small Tribe Into Climate Researchers. Yes!Magazine. 2016. Categories: fish havens, salmon heath, stream repopulation, watershed, temperature, climate change	2016	Washington state	Link
Morelli, T.L., Daly, C., Dobrowski, S.Z., Dulen, D.M., Ebersole, J.L., Jackson, S.T., Lundquist, J.D., Millar, C.I., Maher, S.P., Monahan, W.B. and Nydick, K.R., 2016. Managing climate change refugia for climate adaptation. PLoS One, 11(8), p.e0159909. Categories: climate change, refugia, policy, planning, management, technical skills, climate sciecne, climate projection, adaptation	2016	Glodal, International, United States	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
Explaining Ocean Warming: Causes, scale, effects and consequences. IUCN. 2016. Categories: marine, coast, aquaculture, pacific, atlantic, climate change, adaptation, mitigation	2016	United States	Link
Cochran, F., Brunsell, N., Cabalzar, A., Van der Veld, P., Azevedo, E., Azevedo, R., Pedrosa, R., Winegar, L. 2016. Indigenous ecological calendars define scales for climate change and sustainability assessments. Springer 11(1): 69-89. Categories: Mapping, Traditional Knowledges, Sustainability Science, Natural Resource Management	2016	International	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
Ward, Bud. Native Americans Adapting to Changes in What-Grows-Where. Yale Climate Connections. 2016. Categories: climate change, tribes, Tribal Climate Camp, adaptation	2016	Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Maine	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.