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
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography. 2017 education, outreach, research, accessibility, planning, outreach International 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
Stephen Pyne. 2017. Recreating forests of the past isn't enough to fix our wildfire problem. 2017 wildfire, managed fire, prescribed burn, management, prevention, ecosystem, beneficial, fuels, fire science, ecology, resilience United States, National Link
Nicholson, B. 2017. Dakota Access review to re-examine impact on tribe. WKOW. 2017 DAPL, Dakota Access pipeline, fossil fuels, oil industry, Standing Rock Sioux, environmental justice, social justice, Native rights, treaty rights, community health, human health, self-determination, self-governance, sovereignty North Dakota, Illinois, United States Link
Reo, N.J., Whyte, K.P., McGregor, D., Smith, M.A. and Jenkins, J.F., 2017. Factors that support Indigenous involvement in multi-actor environmental stewardship. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, p.1177180117701028. 2017 climate change, TEK, Indigenous science,intergenerational knowledge, self-determination, collaboration, management, technical assistance, self-determination, soverignty Naitonal Link
Lundgren, H., Cook, K. 2017. Telling the “Good Fire” Story: Two Communities’ Prescribed Fire Outreach Efforts. 2017 wildfire, managed burn, prescribed burn, management, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, community resilience, air quality, ecosystem, habitat Washington state, United States, National Link
Fain, S.J.; Kittler, B.; Chowyuk, A. Managing Moist Forests of the Pacific Northwest United States for Climate Positive Outcomes. Forests 2018, 9, 618. 2018 Forests, carbon sequestration, climate policy, forest policy, life cycle assessments, forest management Pacific Northwest Link
Stucki, D. S. (2018, April 4). Evaluating the Effects of Traditional Harvest and Climate on Common Camas (Camassia quamash) in Weippe Prairie, Idaho. Retrieved May 2, 2018, from https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/9g54xp73n 2018 traditional resources, camas, land management, climate change impacts, harvest practices, monitoring, restoration Idaho Link
Bellon, Tina. “U.S. Government, but Not Trump, Can Be Sued over Climate: Judge.” Reuters, 15 Oct. 2018, www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-climatechange-lawsuit/u-s-government-but-not-trump-can-be-sued-over-climate-judge-idUSKCN1MP2F8. 2018 climate change, fossil fuels, our children's trust Oregon, National Link
Colchester, M. (2004). Environmental Science and Policy. Conservation Policy and Indigenous Peoples, 7(3), 145-153. Retrieved August 14, 2018, from https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1462901104000322. 2018 land management, conservation, national parks, indigenous rights, poverty, stewardship International Link
Wake Forest Law Review, Vol. 53, No. 713 2018 climate change, science, indigenous population Global Link
Littell, J. S., McKenzie, D., Wan, H. Y., & Cushman, S. A. (2018). Climate Change and Future Wildfire in the Western United States: An Ecological Approach to Nonstationarity. Earth's Future, 6(8). doi:https://doi.org/10.1029/2018EF000878 2018 wildfire, climate change, climate projections, wildfire preparedness Western United States Link
Recommended Practices for Landscape Conservation Design. (2018). 1-70. Retrieved October 17, 2018, from https://www.fws.gov/science/pdf/LCD-Recommended-Practices.pdf. 2018 landscape conservation, species conservation, data sharing, collaboration National Link
Mckenna, Phil . “Environmental Justice Grabs a Megaphone in the Climate ...” Inside climate news, 5 Jan. 2018, insideclimatenews.org/news/04012018/environmental-justice-climate-activism-standing-rock-black-lives-matter. 2018 indigenous, environmental justice, racial justice, activism, climate change Link
Fleming, A., Michaelson, R., Youssef, A., Holmes, O., & Robertson, H. (2018, August 13). Heat: The next big inequality issue. The Guardian. Retrieved August 14, 2018, from https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/13/heat-next-big-inequality-issue-heatwaves-world?CMP=share_btn_fb 2018 heatwave, inequality, public health, environmental justice Canada, International Link
Owens, B. (2018, June 18). Virtual Reality Preserves Disappearing Land. Hakai Magazine. Retrieved July 3, 2018, from https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/virtual-reality-preserves-disappearing-land/ 2018 sea level rise, virtual reality, climate change, erosion, relocation Louisiana Link
Eira, I. M., Oskal, A., Hanssen-Bauer, I., & Mathiesen, S. D. (2018). Snow cover and the loss of traditional indigenous knowledge. Nature Climate Change. 2018 traditional knowledge, snow cover, sustainability, management, adaptation Circumpolar North Link
Munson, S.M., Bunting, E.L., Bradford, J.B. et al. Ecosystems (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-018-0296-3 2018 drought, climate change, plant production, precipitation, ecosystem health, remote sensing Southwest Link
Gottbrath, Laurin-Whitney. “Indigenous women occupy Washington state capitol lawn.” USA News | Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera, 9 Jan. 2018, www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/01/indigenous-women-occupy-capitol-climate-change-180109121751335.html. 2018 environmental justice, indigenous women, indigenous rights, treaty rights, climate change, activism Washington state Link
LaPier, Rosalyn R. “Why Native Americans Struggle to Protect Their Sacred Places.” The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2018, theconversation.com/why-native-americans-struggle-to-protect-their-sacred-places-101300?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=facebookbutton. 2018 traditional lands, cultural resources, national monuments, Native American religion, Bears Ears National monument Bears Ears National Monument Link
“Reclaiming Native Truth; Research Findings: Compilation of All Research.” Reclaiming Native Truth, First Nations Development Institute, Echohawk Consulting, June 2018, www.reclaimingnativetruth.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FullFindingsReport-screen.pdf. 2018 Native American culture, Native American history, Native American culture, public policy, research, inclusion, equity Link
Snider, L. (2018, November 15). Half of World's Annual Precipitation Falls in Just 12 Days, New Study Finds. NCAR & UCAR News. Retrieved November 20, 2018, from https://news.ucar.edu/132637/half-worlds-annual-precipitation-falls-just-12-days-new-study-finds 2018 annual precipitation, climate change, weather data, flooding, extreme weather events Global Link
Miller, I., Morgan, H., Mauger, G., Newton, T., Weldon, R., Schmidt, D., Welch, M., & Grossman, E.(2018). Project sea level rise for Washington state. [Assessment]. WA: NOAA regional coastal resilience grants program. Retrieved from http://www.wacoastalnetwork.com/files/theme/wcrp/SLR-Report-Miller-et-al-2018.pdf 2018 stormwater management, capacity building, Washington state, sea level rise, risk management, planning Washignton State Link
Kemp, Kym. “US Supreme Court Keeps in Place a Moratorium on Recreational Suction Dredge Mining; Karuk Tribe Pleased.” Redheaded Blackbelt, Kym Kemp, 9 Jan. 2018, kymkemp.com/2018/01/09/us-supreme-court-keeps-in-place-a-moratorium-on-recreational-suction-dredge-mining-karuk-tribe-pleased/. 2018 mining, regulation, fish health, water quality, cultural sites, traditional sites Northern California Link
Hasan, Mejs. “Native Tribes Are Taking Fire Control Into Their Own Hands.” Wired, Conde Nast, 13 Aug. 2018, https://www.wired.com/story/wildfires-native-tribes-controlled-burns/ 2018 wildfires, traditional knowledge, controlled burns, indigenous stewardship Oregon, California Link
Averyt, Kristen, et al. “Regional Climate Response Collaboratives: Multi-Institutional Support for Climate Resilience.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 99, no. 5, 2018, pp. 891–898., doi:10.1175/bams-d-17-0183.1. 2018 climate change, public policy, climate variability, climate resilience, stakeholders, climate information Rocky Mountains, Northern Plaits Link
Rosa-Anquino, P. (2018, November 21). To share or not to share? Tribes risk exploitation when sharing climate change solutions. Grist. Retrieved November 21, 2018, from https://grist.org/article/indigenous-knowledge-climate-change-solution/ 2018 traditional knowledge, knowledge sharing, IPCC, adaptation, planning, exploitation National Link
Little, Jane Braxton. “Fire and Agroforestry Are Reviving Traditional Native Foods and Communities.” Civil Eats, 11 Oct. 2018. 2018 traditional foods, community health, prescribed fire, agroforestry, Klamath River watershed, ecosystem health Northern California Link
Stein, Michael Isaac. “How to Save a Town From Rising Waters.” CityLab, The Atlantic Monthly Group, 24 Jan. 2018, www.citylab.com/environment/2018/01/how-to-save-a-town-from-rising-waters/547646/. 2018 climate change effects, relocation, planning Coastal Louisiana Link

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