Tribal Climate Change Guide

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project (TCCP). The TCCP is part of the L.I.G.H.T. Foundation (LF), is an independent, Indigenous-led, conservation 501(c)(3) nonprofit established on the Colville Indian Reservation in the traditional territory of the Nespelem Tribe in present-day north central Washington State. LF supports the restoration and cultivation of native Plant and Pollinator Relatives and the culturally respectful conservation of habitats and ecosystems which are climate resilient and adaptive. For more information about LF, visit: https://thepnwlf.org/. For more information about the Tribal Climate Change Project, visit: https://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/. If you would like to add information to this guide, please email kathy.lynn.or@gmail.com.

Publications

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	Year Sort ascending	Geography	Website
Hoover, E. 2013. Cultural and health implications of fish advisories in a Native American community. BioMed Central Ltd. Categories: Fish advisories, Native American, Mohawk, Haudenosaunee, PCBs, Superfund, St. Lawrence River, Health risk assessment, tribe, indigenous	2013	Northeast	Link
Jacob, M.M. 2013. Yakama rising: indigenous cultural revitalization, activism, and healing. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. Categories: indigenous, tribe, cultural revitalization, activism, healing	2013	Northwest
James D. Ford , Graham McDowell , Jamal Shirley , Mike Pitre , Richard Siewierski , William Gough , Frank Duerden , Tristan Pearce , Peter Adams & Sara Statham (2013) The Dynamic Multiscale Nature of Climate Change Vulnerability: An Inuit Harvesting Example, Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 103:5, 1193-1211, DOI: 10.1080/00045608.2013.776880 Categories: adaptive capacity, Climate change, harvesting, human dimensions, Inuit, Iqaluit, methodology, vulnerability, tribe, indigenous	2013	Alaska	Link
US DOE: Office of the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development. 2013. Tribal Energy Development Capacity Grant Program. Available at: http://www.indianaffairs.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc1-026611.pdf Categories: grant recipients	2013	United States	Link
Lantz L. Appelbaum L. 2013. Final Report Sustainable Construction in Indian Country Initiative. Prepared for: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Office of Policy Development and Research. Categories: Sustainability, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States
Wildcat, D.R. Climatic Change (2013) 120: 509. doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0849-6 Categories: DOI, climate change, adaptation, mitigation	2013	National	Link
Vinyeta, Kirsten; Lynn, Kathy. 2013. Exploring the role of traditional ecological knowledge in climate change initiatives. Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-879. Portland, OR: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station. 37 p. Categories: traditional knowledges, climate change, tribe, Indigenous	2013	United States	Link
Larson, A. M., Brockhaus, M., Sunderlin, W. D., Duchelle, A., Babon, A., Dokken, T., ... & Huynh, T. B. (2013). Land tenure and REDD+: the good, the bad and the ugly. Global Environmental Change, 23(3), 678-689. Categories: Community forestry, Forest tenure reform, indigenous peoples, Tenure security, Property rights, Customary rights, tribe, indigenous	2013	Global	Link
ITEP. 2013. Fact Sheet- Black Carbon Alaska. EPA. Categories: Alaska Native Villages, Black Carbon, emissions, Climate Mitigation, human health, visibility, factsheet	2013	Alaska, Northwest, Pacific Northwest, West Coast, Global, Arctic, United States	Link
Driscoll, D.L., Sunbury, T., Johnston, J. and Renes, S., 2013. Initial findings from the implementation of a community-based sentinel surveillance system to assess the health effects of climate change in Alaska. International journal of circumpolar health, 72(1), p.21405. Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, Alaska Native villages, climate change surveillance, observations, policy, community, community activism, community participation, social change, climate science, water security, food security, changed social activities, reduced activities	2013	Alaska	Link
Voggesser G, Lynn K, Daigle J, Lake FK, Ranco D (2013) Cultural Impacts to Tribes from Climate Change Influences on Forests. Climatic Change. DOI # 10.1007/s10584-013-0733-4. Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Forest resources, Adaptation, Management, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States	Link
Laska, Shirley and Kristina Peterson. 2013. Between Now and Then: Tackling the Conundrum of Climate Change. CHART Publications. Paper 32: 5 -8. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/chart_pubs/32 Categories: Coastal Louisiana, Sea Level Rise, Climate change, tribe, indigenous	2013	Southeast	Link
ITEP. 2013. Climate Change and Black Carbon: What it means for Tribes and what you can do.	2013	United States, National, Global, Arctic	Link
Westman, Clinton N. 2013 Social Impact Assessment and the Anthropology of the Future in Canada’s Tar Sands. Human Organization 72(2):111-120. Categories: social impact assessment, tar sands, Anthropology of the Future, Canada, traditional land use	2013	Canada	Link
Lovecraft, Amy L. 2013. The human geography of Arctic sea ice: Introduction. Polar Geography 36 (1–2):1–4. Categories: Arctic, sea ice	2013	Arctic	Link
Lynn, K., J. Daigle, J. Hoffman, F. Lake, N. Michelle, D. Ranco, C. Viles, G. Voggesser, and P. Williams, 2013: The impacts of climate change on tribal traditional foods. Climatic Change, 120, 545-556, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0736-1.↩ Categories: traditional food, Place, Culture, Adaptation, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States	Link
Whyte, K. Powys, 2013: Justice forward: Tribes, climate adaptation and responsibility. Climatic Change, 120, 517-530, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0743-2.↩ Categories: justice, responsibility, Adaptation, Soveregnity, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States
Maldonado, J. Koppel, C. Shearer, R. Bronen, K. Peterson, and H. Lazrus, 2013: The impact of climate change on tribal communities in the US: Displacement, relocation, and human rights. Climatic Change, 120, 601-614, doi:10.1007/s10584-013-0746-z.↩ Categories: displacement, Relocation, human rights, tribe, indigenous	2013	United States, Alaska, Southeast	Link
Williams, T., & Hardison, P. (2013). Culture, law, risk and governance: contexts of traditional knowledge in climate change adaptation. Climatic Change, 120(3), 531-544. Categories: Traditional Knowledge, Adaptation, FPIC, tribe, indigenous	2013	Global	Link
Marshall, Bob. 2013 New Research: Louisiana Coast Faces Highest Rate of Sea-Level Rise Worldwide. The Lens. February 21. Categories: Sea Level Rise	2013	Southeast	Link
Dalton, M., Mote, P.W., Snover, A.K. 2013. Climate Change in the Northwest: Implications for our Landscapes, Waters, and Communities. Washington, D.C.: Island Press. 271 pp. Categories: Assessment, Northwest, Risk	2013	Northwest	Link
ITEP. 2013. Climate Change and Fisheries: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt. Categories: fishery, water health, climate adaptation, resource management, fact sheet	2013	United States	Link
Willox, CA.; Landman, K.; Harper, S.L.; Edge, V.L.; Houle, K.; Ford, J. D. 2013. The land enriches the soul: On climatic and environmental change, affect, and emotional health and well-being in Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, Canada. Emotion, Space and Society. 6:14-24. Categories: Emotion, Climate change, environmental change, Health and well-being, Inuit, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic
Murphy, M. 2013. Chemical infrastructures of the St. Clair River. In: Boudia, S.; Jas, N., eds. Toxicants, Health and Regulation since 1945. London: Pickering & Chatto Publishers. Categories: Oil and gas industry, Chemical Valley, St. Clair River, Chemical Infrastructure, Contamination, Health, tribe, indigenous	2013	Northeast, Midwest
ITEP. 2013. Climate Change and Forestry: What it means to tribes and how we can adapt. Categories: parasites, invasive species, wildfire, precipitation, forest assessments, climate adaptation, fact sheet	2013	United States	Link
Baker, Betsy, and Sarah Mooney. 2013. The legal status of Arctic sea ice in the United States and Canada. Polar Geography 36(1–2): 86–104. Categories: Arctic, sea ice, ecosystem services, Alaska, Inuit, Inuvialuit, Nunavut, Endangered Species Act, Clean Water Act, Land Claims Agreements, United States, Canada, Environmental Law, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic, Canada	Link
Nelson, C. (2013) The polar bear in the room: diseases of poverty in the Arctic. International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 72:417-429 Categories: Arctic, poverty, circumpolar, Disease, tribe, indigenous	2013	Arctic	Link
Lynn, Kathy. A Tribal Planning Framework -- Climate Change Adaptation Strategies by Sector. 2013. Categories: Adaptation, Planning	2013	National	Link
Barnett, J. and O'Neill, S. J. (2013) Minimising the risk of maladaptation, in Climate Adaptation Futures (eds J. Palutikof, S. L. Boulter, A. J. Ash, M. S. Smith, M. Parry, M. Waschka and D. Guitart), John Wiley & Sons, Oxford. doi: 10.1002/9781118529577.ch7 Categories: Climate change, maladaptation, sea-level rise, South Pacific, tribe, indigenous	2013	South Pacific	Link
Ojima, D., J. Steiner, S. McNeeley, K. Cozzetto, and A. Childress, 2013: Great Plains Regional Climate Assessment Technical Report, National Climate Assessment 2013., 301 pp. URL ↩ Categories: Great Plains, assessment	2013	Great Plains	Link

The Tribal Climate Change Guide is supported through partnerships between the University of Oregon Environmental Studies Program and the North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Northwest Research Station, the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals and the Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 Tribal Program.
Questions about this Guide should be directed to kathy@uoregon.edu.