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
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
Larson, A. M., Brockhaus, M., Sunderlin, W. D., Duchelle, A., Babon, A., Dokken, T., ... & Huynh, T. B. (2013). Land tenure and REDD+: the good, the bad and the ugly. Global Environmental Change, 23(3), 678-689. Categories: Community forestry, Forest tenure reform, indigenous peoples, Tenure security, Property rights, Customary rights, tribe, indigenous	2013	Global	Link
Laska, Shirley and Kristina Peterson. 2013. Between Now and Then: Tackling the Conundrum of Climate Change. CHART Publications. Paper 32: 5 -8. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/chart_pubs/32 Categories: Coastal Louisiana, Sea Level Rise, Climate change, tribe, indigenous	2013	Southeast	Link
Lovecraft, Amy L. 2013. The human geography of Arctic sea ice: Introduction. Polar Geography 36 (1–2):1–4. Categories: Arctic, sea ice	2013	Arctic	Link
Lynn, K., J. Daigle, J. Hoffman, F. Lake, N. Michelle, D. Ranco, C. Viles, G. Voggesser, and P. Williams, 2013: The impacts of climate change on tribal traditional foods. Climatic Change, 120, 545-556, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0736-1.↩ Categories: traditional food, Place, Culture, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States	Link
Maldonado, J. Koppel, C. Shearer, R. Bronen, K. Peterson, and H. Lazrus, 2013: The impact of climate change on tribal communities in the US: Displacement, relocation, and human rights. Climatic Change, 120, 601-614, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0746-z.↩ Categories: displacement, Relocation, human rights, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States, Alaska, Southeast	Link
Marshall, Bob. 2013 New Research: Louisiana Coast Faces Highest Rate of Sea-Level Rise Worldwide. The Lens. February 21. Categories: Sea Level Rise	2013	Southeast	Link
Murphy, M. 2013. Chemical infrastructures of the St. Clair River. In: Boudia, S.; Jas, N., eds. Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945. London: Pickering & Chatto Publishers. Categories: Oil and gas industry, Chemical Valley, St. Clair River, Chemical Infrastructure, Contamination, Health, tribe, indigenous	2013	Northeast, Midwest
Baker, Betsy, and Sarah Mooney. 2013. The legal status of Arctic sea ice in the United States and Canada. Polar Geography 36(1–2): 86–104. Categories: Arctic, sea ice, ecosystem services, Alaska, Inuit, Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Land Claims Agreements, United States, Canada, Environmental Law, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic, Canada	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
Barnett, J. and O'Neill, S. J. (2013) Minimising the risk of maladaptation, in Climate Adaptation Futures (eds J. Palutikof, S. L. Boulter, A. J. Ash, M. S. Smith, M. Parry, M. Waschka and D. Guitart), John Wiley & Sons, Oxford. doi: 10.1002/9781118529577.ch7 Categories: Climate change, maladaptation, sea-level rise, South Pacific, tribe, indigenous	2013	South Pacific	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
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
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
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
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
ITEP. 2013. Climate Change and Black Carbon: What it means for Tribes and what you can do.	2013	United States, National, Global, Arctic	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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Marino, Elizabeth. 2012. The long history of environmental migration: Assessing vulnerability construction and obstacles to successful relocation in Shishmaref, Alaska. Global Environmental Change 22(2):374–381. Categories: Environmental migration, vulnerability, Adaptation, Governance, Inequity, Alaska, tribe, indigenous	2012	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Marra, J.J., Keener, V.W., Finucane, M.L., Spooner, D., Smith, M.H. [Editors] (2012). Climate Change and Pacific Islands: Indicators and Impacts. Report for The 2012 Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA). Honolulu, Hawai‘i, USA. Categories: Climate change, climate variability, Pacific islands, freshwater resources, hydrology, Drought, Flooding, coastal inundation, sea-level rise, Adaptation, island ecosystems, Climate Modeling, ENSO, data and monitoring, Fisheries, climate risks, Downscaling, extreme events, climate change indicators, atolls, coral reefs, decision making, Natural Resource Management	2012		Link
Donoghue, E. and Lynn, K. 2012. A Guide for Tribal Leaders on U.S. Climate Change Programs. Categories: Government programs, adaptation, mitigation, research	2012	National	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
McNeeley, S. M. (2012). Examining barriers and opportunities for sustainable adaptation to climate change in Interior Alaska. Climatic Change, 111(3-4), 835-857. Categories: Climate change, Adaptation, Alaska	2012	Alaska	Link
Michelle, N., 2012: Uses of Plant Food-Medicines in the Wabanaki Bioregions of the Northeast; a Cultural Assessment of Berry Harvesting Practices and Customs. University of Maine, Orono.↩ Categories: Climate change, Traditional foods, Berry Harvesting, Cultrual practices, tribe, indigenous	2012	Northeast

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.