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.

Publication Yearsort descending Category Geography Website
Government Accountability Office. 2015. A National System Could Help Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Decision Makers Use Climate Information. 2015 Climate Data, Review National Link
Kronk Warner, E. A. (2015). Everything Old is New Again: Enforcing Tribal Treaty Provisions to Protect Climate Change Threatened Resources. Available at SSRN 2652954. 2015 Climate change, tribe, indigenous, treaty, trust resources United States Link
Whyte, Kyle. 2015. What Do Indigenous Knowledges Do for Indigenous Peoples? SSRN. 2015 Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Governance, Science, Climate Impacts National Link
Vinyeta K, Whyte KP, Lynn K. 2015. Climate change through an intersectional lens: gendered vulnerability and resilience in indigenous communities in the United States. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-923. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 2015 Indigenous peoples, climate change vulnerability, resilience, gender, identity National Link
Laska, S., Peterson, K., Rodrigue, CL., Cosse, T., Philippe, R., Burchett, O., Krajeski RL. 2015. Layering of Natural and Human-Caused Disasters in the Context of Sea Level Rise Coastal Louisiana Communities at the Edge. In Disaster's Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival. 225 -238 2015 Disasters, Sea Level Rise, Coastal Louisiana, Indusry, Resiliency, tribe, indigenous Southeast
ITEP. 2015. Climate Change and Human Health: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt. 2015 disease, pathogens, food security, traditional diets, climate adaptation, community initiatives, weather patterns, heat, insects, air quality United States Link
Maldonado, JK (2015) Everyday Practices and Symbolic Forms of Resistance: Adapting to Environmental Change in Coastal Louisiana. In Hazards, Risks, and Disasters in Society: A Cross-Disciplinary Overview, Andrew Collins, ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Inc. 2015 Climate change, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous, symbolic resistance, Coastal Louisiana Coastal Louisiana, Southeast
ITEP. 2015. Climate Change Mitigation and Solid Waste: Reducing greenhouse gases through municipal solid waste management. 2015 waste management, climate mitigation, climate adaptation, emissions, greenhouse gas, solid waste, tribal health, United States Link
Maldonado, JK, AP Naquin, T Dardar, S Parfait-Dardar and B Bagwell (2015) Above the Rising Tide: Coastal Louisiana’s Tribal Communities Apply Local Strategies and Knowledge to Adapt to Rapid Environmental Change. In Disasters' Impact on Livelihood and Cultural Survival: Losses, Opportunities, and Mitigation. Michèle Companion, ed. Pp. 239-253. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press. 2015 environmental impact, knowledge exchange, tribe, indigenous Coastal Louisiana, Southeast Link
Whyte, Kyle. 2015. The Ethics of Traditional Knowledge Exchange in Climate Change Initiatives. Earthzine. 2015 Ethics, Traditional Knowledges (TKs), Climate Initiatives National, International Link
President’s FY2016 Indian Affairs Budget Requests $2.9 Billion to Support Tribal Self-Determination, Strengthen Native American Communities 2015 Budget, Self-Determination, tribe, indigenous United States Link
Swan C, Chief Albert P Naquin and Stanley Tom. 2015. Building Respectul Solutions. Forced Migration Review: Disasters and Displacement in a Changing Climate. 2015 Relocation, tribe, indigenous United States Link
Swan, Colleen, Chief Albert P. Naquin, and Stanley Tom. 2015 Building Respectful Solutions. Forced Migration Review: Disasters and Displacement in a Changing Climate, Issue 49. 2015 Forced Migration, Disasters, displacement, tribe, indigenous Southeast Link
Tanner, T., Lewis, D., Wrathall, D., Bronen, R., Cradock-Henry, N., Huq, S., Lawless, C., Nawrotzki, R., Prasad, V., Rahman, Md. A., Alaniz, R., King, K., McNamara, K., Nadiruzzaman, Md., Henly- Shepard, S. and Thomalla, F. (2015) Livelihood resilience in the face of climate change, Nature Climate Change 5: 23–26. doi:10.1038/nclimate2431 2015 Livelihood resilience, Climate change, resilience, human livelihood, agency Global Link
Sampson, Donald. Columbia River Basin Tribes Climate Change Capacity Assessment. Portland State University. 2015. 2015 climate change, climate science, adaptation, vulnerability assessment, planning, mitigation, development, policy Oregon, Washington state Link
Stewart. Earl, M. 2015. Tongass Land and Resource Management Plan Amendment: Draft Environmental Impact Statement. USDA Forest Service, Alaska Region, Tongass National Forest 2015 Southeast Alaska, Hoonah, Kake, economy, shellfish, salmon, commercial, subsistence, Haida, Hydaburg, Kasaan, Sealaska, subsistence ("socioeconomic setting”), Ketchikan, adaptation plans, reports Alaska Link
University of Oregon. 2015. Tribal Climate Change Program. Available at: http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu 2015 American Indians, Climate change, tribe, indigenous Link
Ahearn, A. 2015. Facing Rising Waters, A Native Tribe Takes Its Plea to Paris in Climate Talks. NPR. [audio]. 2015. Sea Level Rise, Relocation, Glacial Melting Northwest, Washington Link
Thomas W. Doyle, Bogdan Chivoiu, and Nicholas M. Enwright . 2015. Sea-level rise modeling handbook: Resource guide for coastal land managers, engineers, and scientists. Report submitted to USGS. 2015. Sea-level Rise, Climate Modeling, Guide, Ecosystems Impacts Gulf of Mexico, Southeast Link
New York Times. 2015. The Road to a Paris Climate Deal: What Climate Change Looks Like. 2015. Sea Level Rise, Water Quality, Snow Melt, Coral Bleaching, Bark Beetles, Ocean Acidification National, International Link
US Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources.2016. Senators Work to Improve Forest Management and Wildfire Budgeting. Press Release. 2016 Wildfire, Forest Management, Natural Resource Management National Link
Jeff Smith. 2016. Rising Voices melds indigenous, western science perspectives. UCAR AtmosNews. 2016 Climate Science, Collaboration, Climate Impacts National, International Link
Federal Treaty and Trust Obligations, and Ocean Acidification. Robert T. Anderson, University of Washington School of Law, June 1, 2016. Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pp. 474-95 (2016) University of Washington School of Law Research Paper 2016-17. 2016 land action, tribal lands, water health, environmental protection, tribal territories, protection of rights, advocacy, trust responsibility National, International Link
V. Savo, D. Lepofsky, J. P. Benner, K. E. Kohfeld, J. Bailey & K. Lertzman. 2016. Observations of climate change among subsistence-oriented communities around the world. Nature Climate Change 6, 462–473. 2016 Scientific Data, Climate Data, Public Perception, Subsistence-oriented Communities, Meta-study International Link
Norton-Smith, Kathryn; Lynn, Kathy; Chief, Karletta; Cozzetto, Karen; Donatuto, Jamie; Hiza Redsteer, Margaret; Kruger, Linda E.; Maldonado, Julie; Viles, Carson; Whyte, Kyle P. 2016. Climate change and indigenous peoples: a synthesis of current impacts and experiences. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-944. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 136 p. 2016 climate change, adaptation, TEK, traditional knowledge, mitigation, sovereignty, National Link
Brinkman, T.J., Hansen, W.D., Chapin, F.S., Kofinas, G., BurnSilver, S. and Rupp, T.S., 2016. Arctic communities perceive climate impacts on access as a critical challenge to availability of subsistence resources. Climatic Change, 139(3-4), pp.413-427. 2016 climate change, subsistence, ice, arctic, traditional knowledge, environment, wild foods, food justice, adaptation, human health, economy Alaska, Arctic Link
Young people facing climate change. Native America Calling. 2016. 2016 climate science, climate change, fire hazard, food security, weather patterns National, International Link
Tania Schoennagel, Penny Morgan, Jennifer Balch, Philip Dennison, Brian Harvey, Richard Hutto, Meg Krawchuk, Max Moritz, Ray Rasker, and Cathy Whitlock. 2016. Insights from wildfire science: a resource for fire policy discussions. 2016 Wildfire, Climate Adaptation National Link
Terri Hansen. 2016. 'Extreme Heat Week' Combats Climate Change With Resilience Strategies for Tribes. Indian Country Today Media Network. 2016 Climate Adaptation, Climate Impacts, Indigenous Peoples, Drought National Link
McDonald, Rachael. Siletz Tribe Acquires Salmon Habitat On Central Coast. 2016. 2016 salmon, marine, estuary, wetlands, food sovereignty Oregon Coast Link

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