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
n.a. 2016. Climate and Health Fact Sheets. North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies. EPA 2016 climate change, human health, environmental health, air quality, wildfire risk, water quality, environmental justice, indigenous, disability, pregnancy, National Link
Goode, Erica. A Wrenching Choice for Alaska Towns in the Path of Climate Change. NY Times. 2016. 2016 climate change, seal level, flood, precipitation, migration, relocation, climate refugee Arctic, Alaska, United States 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 Subsistence-Oriented Communities, First Foods, Climate Science, Meta-Study International Link
Assessing Cultural Resource Vulnerability To Climate Change with Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. NPLCC. 2016. 2016 climate change, klondike, Alaska, State parks, adaptation, mitigation, webinar, presentation Alaska, United States Link
Vose, J.M.; Clark, J.S.; Luce, C.H.; Patel-Weynand, T., eds. 2016. Effects of drought on forests and rangelands in the United States: a comprehensive science synthesis. Gen. Tech. Rep. WO-93b. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Washington Office. 289 p. 2016 Drought, Management, Climate Science, Forest, Rangelands, Science Synthesis United States Link
Couch, J. 2016. Tribal Food Sovereignty: Beyond the Community Garden. FNDI. 2016 food sovereignty, food justice, economy, self-determination, sustainability, self-sufficiency United States, Canada Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of People with Existing Medical Conditions. Factsheet. 2016. 2016 health risks, medical conditions, climate change, biohazard, United States, International Link
Darryl Fears. 2016. Scientists say climate change is threatening the lifeblood of Canada’s native people. Washington Post. 2016. Climate Impacts, Species Decline, Salmon Alaska, National, International (Canada) Link
Whitehouse. 2016. Federal Drought Plan. 2016. Drought, Planning, Climate Impacts, management, planning, policy, legislation, contingency, climate change, Obama archive National Link
Why Native American Tribes Are In McCall To Plan For Climate Change. Boise State. 2016. 2016. climate change, traditional foods, drought, salmon, water rights, wildfires United States, Northwest Link
Champagne, Duane. 2017. Trump’s Policies Threaten Tribal Sovereignty. IndianCountry Today. 2017 Trump Administration, BIA, federal assistance, grants, financial assistance Link
Winters, Chris. 2017. After 90 years, salmon are returning to upper Sultan River. HeraldNET. 2017 climate change, restoration, conservation, management, repopulation, habitat, spawning Washington, Pacific Northwest Link
LaPier, Rosalyn R. 2017. Climate change could disrupt tribes’ religious practices. High Country News. 2017 climate change, tribes, religion, spirituality, self-determination, cultural expression, freedom, accessibility, National, United States Link
Sankey, J. B., Kreitler, J., Hawbaker, T. J., McVay, J. L., Miller, M. E., Mueller, E. R., . . . Sankey, T. T. (2017). Climate, wildfire, and erosion ensemble foretells more sediment in western USA watersheds. Geophysical Research Letters. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/2017GL073979. 2017 climate change, wildfire, erosion, water quality, water supply, watershed health, sedimentation United States Link
Levy, Amir. 2017. Facing climate change on the Louisiana bayous – in pictures. The Guardian. 2017 climate change, seal level, relocation, adaptation, treaty land, reservation Louisiana Link
Tengö, M., R. Hill, P. Malmer, C. M. Raymond, M. Spierenburg, F. Danielsen, T. Elmqvist, C. Folke. 2017. Weaving knowledge systems in IPBES, CBD and beyond—lessons learned for sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 26–27:17–25 2017 climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy International Link
Emanuel, Ryan E. 2017. Flawed environmental justice analyses. 2017 tribes, climate change, pipeline, pollution, emissions, fossil fuels, environmental racism, social justice, human rights United States, National Link
SBS. 2017. US won't budge on climate change despite Indigenous groups and Arctic nations' pleas. 2017 climate change, arctic, Alaska, legislation, Trump Administration, global warming Arctic, Alaska Link
Gregg, R.M. 2017. Incorporating climate change in marine use plans for British Columbia’s First Nations. Summary of a project of the Marine Plan Partnership for the North Pacific Coast. 2017 climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia Link
Gilles, Nathan. 2017. Adaptation Partners. The Climate CIRCulator. 2017 partnership, inter agency collaboration, multiple jurisdiction, climate change, adaptation, Pacific Northwest, Washignton State Link
Harbarger, M. 2017. Bipartisan U.S. Senate committee supports safety bill for Columbia River tribal sites. The Oregonian. 2017 safety, hazard, legislation, policy, tribal welfare, community health, wellness, fisheries, salmon, wildfire, Oregon, Washington 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. 2017 climate chagne, adaptation, inter agency collaboration, partnerships, multiple jurisdiction, transboundary, management, Pacific Northwest, Washington state Link
Wong, E. 2017. China Poised to Take Lead on Climate After Trump’s Move to Undo Policies. 2017 climate change, adaptation, mitigation, greenhouse gasses, emissions, standards, limits, climate leader, world power China, United States, International, Global Link
Alexandra Paige Fischer & Tim G. Frazier (2018) Social Vulnerability to Climate Change in Temperate Forest Areas: New Measures of Exposure, Sensitivity, and Adaptive Capacity, Annals of the American Association of Geographers, 108:3, 658-678, DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2017.1387046 2017 climate change impacts, forest and plant health, community health, social vulnerability, adaptation, climate modeling Pacific Northwest Link
Siber, Kate. 2017. The Long Way Home: Opening a tribal house and closing a divide in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve. 2017 restoration, ancestral lands, restitution, reparations, Tlingit, Alaska, Archaeology, social justice, social climate, reclamation Alaska, Canada Link
Friedman, L. 2017. Scientists Fear Trump Will Dismiss Blunt Climate Report. The New York Times. 2017 cliamte chagne, Tru,p Administration, white house, planning, policy, legislation, adaptation, mitigation, coal, emissions, carbon, green house gases, United States, National Link
Fears, D. 2017. Trump promised to bring back coal jobs. That promise ‘will not be kept,’ experts say. 2017 climate change, coal, unrestricted, pollution, emissions, greenhouse gasses, energy, industry, natural gas National Link
Webber, T., Brown, M. 2017. Environmentalists, tribe file lawsuit over Trump climate order. 2017 climate change, emissions, carbon, clean air, air quality, human health, youth, children, future, generations, National, International, Washington D.C. Link
Milman, O. 2017. US federal department is censoring use of term 'climate change', emails reveal. The Guardian. 2017 climate change, climate denial, scoial change, trump administration, policy, legislation, protocol, white house Untied States, National Link
McBride, B.B., Sanchez-Trigueros, F., Carver, S.J., Watson, A.E., Stumpff, L.M., Matt, R. and Borrie, W.T., 2017. Participatory Geographic Information Systems as an Organizational Platform for the Integration of Traditional and Scientific Knowledge in Contemporary Fire and Fuels Management. Journal of Forestry, 115(1), pp.43-50. 2017 climate change, planning, policy, TEK, traditional ecological knowledge, resource management, fuel, energy National Link

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