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
John M. Rybczyk, Alan F. Hamlet, Carol MacIlroy, Larry Wasserman. 2016. Introduction to the Skagit Issue—From Glaciers to Estuary: Assessing Climate Change Impacts on the Skagit River Basin. Northwest Science. Categories: Skagit River Basin, Climate Impacts, Assessment, Scientific Data, Salmonids	2016	Northwest, Skagit River Basin	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. Categories: climate change, subsistence, ice, arctic, traditional knowledge, environment, wild foods, food justice, adaptation, human health, economy	2016	Alaska, Arctic	Link
Whyte, Kyle, Indigeneity and US Settler Colonialism (April 25, 2016). Forthcoming in Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Race, Edited by Naomi Zack, Oxford University Press. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2770061 Categories: Indigeneity, Indigenous Identity, Philosophy	2016	National, International	Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Pregnant Women. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: socioeconomics, climate change, pregnancy, pregnant, mother, women, health risks, education, biohazard	2016	United States, International	Link
Climate Change and Our Natural Resources: A Report from the Treaty Tribes in Western Washington. NWTT. 2016. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, planning, policy, fisheries, marine health, cultural resources, food sovereignty	2016	National	Link
Zanotti, L., Palomino-Schalscha, M.. 2016. Taking different ways of knowing seriously: cross-cultural work as translations and multiplicity. Springer 11(1): 139-152. Categories: Traditional Knowledges, Indigenous Science, Decolonizing Research, Ethics	2016	National, International	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. Categories: Sea-level Rise, Climate Modeling, Guide, Ecosystems Impacts	2015.	Gulf of Mexico, Southeast	Link
Ahearn, A. 2015. Facing Rising Waters, A Native Tribe Takes Its Plea to Paris in Climate Talks. NPR. [audio]. Categories: Sea Level Rise, Relocation, Glacial Melting	2015.	Northwest, Washington	Link
New York Times. 2015. The Road to a Paris Climate Deal: What Climate Change Looks Like. Categories: Sea Level Rise, Water Quality, Snow Melt, Coral Bleaching, Bark Beetles, Ocean Acidification	2015.	National, International	Link
Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska (ICC-AK). 2015. Alaskan Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework: How to Assess the Arctic from an Inuit Perspective -- Summary and Recommendations Report. Report created as part of 2015 Alaskan Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework Technical Report. Categories: Food Security, Climate Impacts, Planning, Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Knowledges	2015	International, Alaska, Polar	Link
University of Oregon. 2015. Tribal Climate Change Program. Available at: http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu Categories: American Indians, Climate change, tribe, indigenous	2015		Link
Inuit Circumpolar Council-Alaska (ICC-AK). 2015. Alaskan Inuit Food Security Conceptual Framework: How to Assess the Arctic from an Inuit Perspective. Technical Report. Categories: Food Security, Climate Impacts, Planning, Indigenous Knowledge, Traditional Knowledges	2015	International, Alaska, Polar	Link
US DOI. 2015. Available at: www.DOI.gov Categories: Energy	2015		Link
Burger, J., Gochfeld, M., Niles, L. et al. Environ Monit Assess (2015) 187: 102. doi:10.1007/s10661-014-4233-4 Categories: Indicators, Human health, Ecological health, Endpoints, Cultural health, Subsistence, climate change, fisheries, conservation	2015	Northwest Coast	Link
Walker, R. 2015. Swinomish Tribe Files Lawsuit to Stop Bakken Crude Oil Trains. Indian Country Today Media Network. April 9, 2015. Available at: http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2015/04/09/swinomish-tribe-files-lawsuit-stop-bakken-crude-oil-trains-159938 Categories: Lawsuit, Swinomish, Bakken Crude Oil, Transportation, tribe, indigenous	2015	Pacfic Northwest	Link
Welch, Craig. 2015. Why Alaska’s Inupiat Are Warming to Offshore Oil Drilling. The National Geographic http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150522-Inupiat-Shell-offshore-oil-Arctic-Alaska-ocean-whale-sea/ (accessed June 24, 2015) Categories: Offshore oil drilling, Inupiat, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska, Arctic	Link
D. Patrick Kilduff, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Louis W. Botsford, and Steven L. H. Teo, Changing central Pacific El Niños reduce stability of North American salmon survival rates, PNAS 2015 112 (35) 10962-10966; published ahead of print August 3, 2015, doi:10.1073/pnas.1503190112 Categories: climate change, climate adaptation, salmon, Coho, Chinook, population, restoration	2015	National	Link
Wilson, N. J., Walter, M. T., & Waterhouse, J. (2015). Indigenous Knowledge of Hydrologic Change in the Yukon River Basin: A Case Study of Ruby, Alaska. ARCTIC, 68(1), 93-106. Categories: Climate change, Indigenous knowledge of water, socio-hydrology, river dynamics, Water Resources, tribe, indigenous	2015	Alaska	Link
Tribal Energy System Vulnerabilities to Climate Change and Extreme Weather. DOE. 2015. Categories: energy, socioeconomic, climate change, accessibility, energy planning	2015	National	Link
Rising Voices: Collaborative Science for Climate Solutions. 2015. Recommendations to the UNFCCC 21st Conference of Parties. Categories: Policy, Adaptation, Climate Impacts, Indigenous Peoples	2015	National	Link
Riley, Angela and Carpenter, Kristen A., Owning Red: A Theory of Indian (Cultural) Appropriation (September 3, 2015). Texas Law Review, Vol. 94, p. 859, 2016. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2655694 Categories: Intellectual property, dispossession, cultural appropriation, intangible property, freedom of speech, cultural property claims, extralegal, sacred sites, property law, legal	2015	National, United States	Link
Tulalip, Swinomish Preserve Forest and Salmon Habitat With Two Significant Initiatives. Indian Country Toady. 2015. Categories: Conservation, coastal habitat, wetlands, habitat restoration, climate adaptation	2015	Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Puget Sound, Washington, West coasr	Link
LCC Network Conservation Science Plan - Version 1.0. 2015. Categories: Conservation, Landscape Management, Climate Adaptation, Science	2015	National	Link
Strauss, B. H., Kulp, S. and Levermann, A. 2015. Mapping Choices: Carbon, Climate, and Rising Seas, Our Global Legacy. Climate Central Research Report. pp. 1-38. Categories: Sea level rise, populations at risk	2015	International, Global	Link
Maldonado, J., Bennett, T.M.B., Chief, K., Cochran, P., Cozzetto, K., Gough, B., Hiza Redsteer, M., Lynn, K. and Maynard, N., 2015, Engagement With Indigenous Peoples and Honoring Traditional Knowledge Systems; Journal of Climatic Change. Categories: National Climate Assessment, tribes, climate change	2015	National	Link
Mauger, G.S., J.H. Casola, H.A. Morgan, R.L. Strauch, B. Jones, B. Curry, T.M. Busch lSaksen, L. Whitely Binder, M.B. Krosby, and A.K. Snover. 2015. State of Knowledge. Climate Change in Puget Sound. Report repared for the Puget Sound Partnership and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Climate Impacts Group. University of Washington, Seattle. Doi: 10.7915/CIG93777D Categories: Assessment, Synthesis, Summary, Climate Data, Puget Sound	2015	Pacific Northwest, Washington, Puget Sound	Link
Butsic, V.; Kelly, M.; Moritz, M.A. Land Use and Wildfire: A Review of Local Interactions and Teleconnections. Land 2015, 4, 140-156. https://doi.org/10.3390/land4010140 Categories: wildfire, land use, fire management	2015	California, American West	Link
Saperstein, A. 2015. Climate Change, Migration, and the Puget Sound Region: What We Know and How We Could Learn More. Report prepared for the University of Washington Climate Impacts Group. The Daniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance, University of Washington, Seattle. Categories: Human Migration, Climate Impacts, Research	2015	Pacific Northwest, Washington, Puget Sound	Link
Sydeman, W.J., E. Poloczanska, T.E. Reed, and S.A. Thompson. 2015. Climate change and marine vertebrates. Science 13 (350, no. 6262): 772-777, doi: 10.1126/science.aac9874 Categories: Marine Ecosystems Impacts, Marine Vertebrates, Population Dynamics, Climate Impacts	2015	Pacific Northwest, Coastal	Link
Carlson, A. K., Taylor, W. W., Schlee, K. M., Zorn, T. G., & Infante, D. M. 2015. Projected impacts of climate change on stream salmonids with implications for resilience‐based management. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. Categories: Salmonid, Freshwater Ecology, Climate Modeling, Ecological Restoration, Habitat Suitability Projection	2015	Great Lakes, Midwest	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.