Literature

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.

Publicationsort descending Year Category Geography Website
Redsteer, M. Hiza, Kelley, K.B., Francis, H. and Block, D. (2010a) Disaster risk assessment case study: Recent drought on the Navajo Nation, southwestern United States. In Annexes and Papers for the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction, United Nations, 19p. Available at https://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo/gar/2011/en/what/drought.html 2010 Risk Assessment, Drought, Navajo Nation, Southwest, tribe, indigenous Southwest Link
Reed, A. 2008. Class inequality, liberal bad faith, and neoliberalism: the true disaster of Katrina. In N. Gunewardena and M. Schuller (eds.) Capitalizing on catastrophe: neoliberal strategies in disaster reconstruction. Lanham, MD: Altamira Press. Pp. 147-154. 2008 Inequality, Katrina, Neoliberalism, Disasters Southeast
Reid M. G., Hamilton, C., Reid, S. K., Trousdale, W., Hill, C., Turner, N., Picard, C. R., Lamontagne, C. and Matthews, H. D. (2014) Indigenous climate change adaptation planning using a value-focused approach: A case study with the Gitga’at Nation. Journal of Ethnobiology, 34, 401–424. 2014 coastal adaptation, adaptation planning, resource dependent communities, values-based planning, ndigenous peoples, tribe, indigenous coastal tribes Link
Reilly, M.J., Dunn, C.J., Meigs, G.W., Spies, T.A., Kennedy, R.E., Bailey, J.D. and Briggs, K., 2017. Contemporary patterns of fire extent and severity in forests of the Pacific Northwest, USA (1985–2010). Ecosphere, 8(3):e01695. DOI 10.1002/ecs2.1695 2017 wildfire, fire, fuels, management, climate change, adaption, reduction, mitigation, planning policy, prevention Western United States. Link
Renee Lewis. 2016. Undamming this major U.S. river is opening a world of possibility for native cultures and wildlife. Fusion. 2016 Dam Removal, Salmon, Ecological Restoration, Indigenous Peoples, Klamath River Northwest Link
Reo, N. J., & Parker, A. K. (2014). Re-thinking colonialism to prepare for the impacts of rapid environmental change. In Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States (pp. 163-174). Climatic Change. Springer International Publishing. 2014 environmental change, colonialism, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous United States Link
Restoration Ecology 2019 indigenous, ecosystems, Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLC), resilience United States. Link
Reuters, Thompson. 'Dangerous' move by climate-change activists cuts off pipeline flow from Canada to U.S. CBC News. 2016. 2016 necessity, climate change, fossil fuels, crude oil, tar, pipeline, corporations, activism United States, Canada Link
Reuters. 2017. Indigenous people best custodians of threatened forests, studies show. 2017 climate change, deforestation, forestry, mitigation, adaptation, jurisdiction, restricted access, technical assistance, planning, policy, conservation, National, Global, International Link
Reuters. U.S. native groups promised input on development as pipeline dispute looms. 2016. 2016 fossil fuels, climate change, carbon emissions, planning, policy, regulations, sovereignty, United States Link
Review of 2014 Federal Agency Adaptation Plans 2015 National Link
Rhoades, Hannibal. World Conservation Congress Approves Historic Measure To Protect Indigenous Sacred Lands. IC Magazine. 2016. 2016 native rights, tribal conservation, protection, sovereignty, invasive United States, International Link
Richler, Jen. 2017. Indigenous beliefs. 2017 climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, Indigenous science, legislation, policy, planning, management Global Link
Riedlinger, Dyanna. 2001. Responding to climate change in northern communities: impacts and adaptations. Arctic 54(1):96–98/ 2001 tribe, indigenous Link
Riley, Angela and Carpenter, Kristen A., Owning Red: A Theory of Indian (Cultural) Appropriation (September 3, 2015). Texas Law Review, Vol. 94, p. 859, 2016. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2655694 2015 Intellectual property, dispossession, cultural appropriation, intangible property, freedom of speech, cultural property claims, extralegal, sacred sites, property law, legal National, United States Link
Riley, R., P. Blanchard, R. Peppler, T. M. Bull Bennett, and D. Wildcat, 2012: Oklahoma Inter-Tribal Meeting on Climate Variability and Change: Meeting Summary Report. 23. URL ↩ 2012 Climate change, American Indians, tribe, indigenous United States
Riordan, Erin C.; Montalvo, Arlee M.; Beyers, Jan L. 2018. Using species distribution models with climate change scenarios to aid ecological restoration decisionmaking for southern California shrublands. Res. Rep. PSW-RP-270. Albany, CA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. 130 p. 2018 Alluvial scrub, chaparral, climate change, coastal sage scrub, ecological restoration, seed transfer, shrubland, southern California, species distri-bution modeling. Southern California, California Link
Rising sea levels are forcing an indigenous tribe from home and could be an example of the future. 2016 Biloxi, Choctaw, Florida, Native land, climate change, sea level, sea rise, island Southeast, Bayou, Florida Link
Rising Voices. 2014. Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions. Workshop report. June 30-July 2, 2014. Boulder, CO, National Center for Atmospheric Research. 2014 Adaptation, impacts (health, livelihoods, declining sea ice), Relocation, tribe, indigenous Link
Rising Voices. 2014a Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions. Workshop Report. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, June 30-July 2. 2014 Climate Change Adaptation, traditional knowledges, declining sea ice, Health, hazards, Relocation, tribe, indigenous United States Link
Rising Voices. 2014b Adaptation to Climate Change and Variability: Bringing Together Science and Indigenous Ways of Knowing to Create Positive Solutions – Water Quality and Quantity Group Report. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, June 30-July 2. 2014 Climate Change Adaptation, variability, water rights, tribe, indigenous United States Link
Rising Voices: Collaborative Science for Climate Solutions. 2015. Recommendations to the UNFCCC 21st Conference of Parties. 2015 Policy, Adaptation, Climate Impacts, Indigenous Peoples National Link
Ristroph, E.B., 2010. Alaska Tribes' Melting Subsistence Rights. Ariz. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y, 1, p.47-92. 2010 Southeast Alaska, climate change, subsistence, gathering, economic, cultural resources, natural resources, adaptation, mitigation, policy, planning, community, social justice, social change, rural Alaska 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. 2013 Alaska Native, stress, coping, reporting research results, community-based participatory research (CBPR), research ethics, tribe, indigenous Arctic Link
Rizzo, D.M., and Garbelotto, M. (2003) Sudden Oak Death: Endangering California and Oregon Forest Ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Vol. 1, No.5, p. 197-204. 2003 Sudden Oak Death, California, Oregon, coastal forests Northwest Link
Robbins, J. (2018, August 26). Native Knowledge: What Ecologists Are Learning from Indigenous People. Retrieved August 27, 2018, from https://e360.yale.edu/features/native-knowledge-what-ecologists-are-learning-from-indigenous-people 2018 traditional knowledge, TEK, ecology, wildfires, forestry, management, agriculture Alaska, Australia Link
Rogers, Nala. 2017. Tapping Traditional Wisdom to Cope with Climate Change. 2017 climate change, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, traditional knowledge, social justice, cross-agency collaboration, communication science, climate science, climate predictions, projections, planning, policy, research, indigenous science Global, International, Indian Country Link
Rolo, MA. Keystone XL: a ‘Declaration of War’ in Indian Country. The Progressive. tribe, indigenous
Roncoli, Carla, Crane Todd, and Ben Orlove. 2009. Fielding Climate Change in Cultural Anthropology. In Anthropology and Climate Change: From Encounters to Actions. S.A. Crate and M. Nuttall, eds. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, pp. 87–115. 2009 Climate change, global warming Link
Roop, H.A., G.S. Mauger, H. Morgan, A.K. Snover, and M. Krosby, 2020. “Shifting Snowlines and Shorelines: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere and Implications for Washington State.” Briefing paper prepared by the Climate Impacts Group, University of Washington, Seattle 2020 shorelines, snowlines, IPCC, ocean and cryosphere, Cascade Range, Olympic Mountains, climate change impacts Washington state Link

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