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
Capriccioso, Rob. 2017. Plea to Trump: Protect White House Council on Native American Affairs. Indian Country Media Network. 2017 social justice, sovereignty, tribal protection, treaty, trump administration, budget cuts, planning, policy, legislation National Link
McKenna, Phil. 2017. Alaska's Grizzly Bears Drop Salmon for Berries as Climate Changes. 2017 climate change, alaska, Kodiak, grizzly bear, brown bear, salmon, seasonal diet, elderberries, berries, ecology Alaska, Pacific Northwest Coast, North Pacific, Northwest Link
PBS. 2017. Broken Treaties: The history of the native people of Oregon and how they went from possessing 100 percent of the state's land to nearly none of it. 2017 treaties, legislation, policy, management, Federal recognition, traditional lands, treaty lands, sovereignty, self determination Oregon Link
Dockter, A. 2017. Native Nations Address Climate Change Challenges with Tools of Collaboration. 2017 climate change, natural disaster, hazard, human health, community, social justice, conservation, management, policy, adaptation, mitigation National, United States Link
Flatt, Courtney. 2017. Proposed EPA Cuts Could Pose Big Problems For Tribes. KUOW. 2017 budget cuts, support, climate change, environmental hazard, trump administration, white house, legislation, planning, policy, grants National Link
Sparling, E., P. Byer, P. Cobb and H. Auld. (2017). Best Practices for Consideration of the Effects of Climate Change in Project-Level Environmental Assessments. Ontario Centre for Climate Impacts and Adaptation Resources (OCCIAR) and Risk Sciences International (RSI). 2017 climate change, climate change impacts, environmental assessment, planning, adaptation Link
Mjoseth, J. 2017. The Importance of Research Ethics to Native Communities. HHS. 2017 TEK, intellectual property, protection, preservation, conservation, legislation, research, ethics National Link
Marsh, Rene. 2017. Trump administration dismisses climate change advisory panel. 2017 climate change, Trump administration, white house, advisory panel, climate science, politics, legislation National, United States Link
Wilson, Conrad. 2017. Northwest Tribes Call For End To Moving Fossil Fuels Through Gorge. PBS. 2017 fossil fuels, oil, pollution, spill, environmental degradation, sacred places, tribes, sovereignty, self determination Oregon Link
Mundahl, E. 2017. Tribes’ Statement on Paris Agreement Shows Limits of Tribal Authority. 2017 climate change, paris climate agreement, Trump Administration, sovereignty, self-determination, self-governance, limited authority, social justice, environmental justice National, United States Link
Pierre-Louis, K. 2017. If the EPA doesn't believe in science, what is it good for? Popular Science. 2017 claimtea change, environmental protection, budget cuts, governemntal agency, funding, climate science, trump administration, white house. legislation, planning, policy National 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
Visser, Nick. 2017. Interior Department Scrubs Climate Change From Agency Website. Again. 2017 climate change, Trump administration, white house, anti-science, climate change denial, National Link
AMS. 2017. State of the Climate in 2016. 2017 climate change, meteorology, carbon emissions, expectations, observations International, Global Link
Hsiang, S., Kopp, R., Jina, A., Rising, J., Delgado, M., Mohan, S., Rasmussen, D.J., Muir-Wood, R., Wilson, P., Oppenheimer, M. and Larsen, K., 2017. Estimating economic damage from climate change in the United States. Science, 356(6345), pp.1362-1369. 2017 climate change, weather patterns, precipitation, short-term, climate science, projections, United States Link
Harvey, C. 2017. This climate lawsuit could change everything. No wonder the Trump administration doesn’t want it going to trial. The Washington Post. 2017 trump administration, climate change, lawsuit, OCT, federal government, supreme court, mitigation, emissions, standards, legislation National Link
McNeeley, S.M., 2017. Sustainable Climate Change Adaptation in Indian Country. Weather, Climate, and Society, 9(3), pp.393-404. 2017 climate change, conservation, management, legislation, societal impacts, policy, natural resources, cultural resources National Link
Fatorić, S. and Seekamp, E., 2017. Evaluating a decision analytic approach to climate change adaptation of cultural resources along the Atlantic Coast of the United States. Land Use Policy, 68, pp.254-263. 2017 Northeast, Atlantic Coast Link
Champagne, Duane. 2017. Trump’s Policies Threaten Tribal Sovereignty. IndianCountry Today. 2017 Trump Administration, BIA, federal assistance, grants, financial assistance Link
Mohney, G. 2017. How climate change and air pollution can affect your health. 2017 climate change, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, human health, disease, death National, United States 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
USGS. 2017. Model development for climate-driven impacts to berry resources in Alaska. 2017 berries, conservation, management, sustainability, planning, policy, projections Alaska 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
Watson, Teila. 2017. Indigenous knowledge systems can help solve the problems of climate change. 2017 climate change, adaptation, mitigation, TEK, traditional knowledge, Indigenous rights, Indigneous science, management, conservation Australia, Global, International 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
Eilperin, J. 2017. The EPA just buried its climate change website for kids. 2017 climate change, youth, education, social justice, Obama administration, Trump administration, 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
Landers, Rich. 2017. Columbia River sees near-record shad run; steelhead numbers are down. 2017 salmon, fisheries, tribal health, water health, watershed, climate change Oregon, Washington, Columbia River Basin 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
Davenport, M. E.P.A. Dismisses Members of Major Scientific Review Board. New York Times. 2017 climate change, climate change denial, denier, anti-science, corporate, EPA, agency reduction National Link

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