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
For indigenous communities, fish mean much more than food. The Conversation. 2017. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, marine, water health, fisheries, aquaculture, commercial, subsistence, self-determination, traditional ecological knowledge,	2017	National	Link
Richler, Jen. 2017. Indigenous beliefs. Categories: climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, Indigenous science, legislation, policy, planning, management	2017	Global	Link
Kettle, N.P., Trainor, S.F. and Loring, P.A., 2017. Conceptualizing the Science-practice Interface: Lessons from a Collaborative Network on the Front-line of Climate Change. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 5, p.33. Categories: decision-making, policy, planning, management, legislation, collaboration, scientific gaps, climate change, adaptation	2017	International, National, Untied States	Link
Philippe. 2017. Food forests are helping these Native American reservations eat healthier. Categories: climate change, seasonal migration, food production, food justice, social justice, climate justice, human health, noncommunicable diseases, local, sustainable, diet, nutrition, education, access	2017	National	Link
Popovich, N., Schlossberg, T. 2017. 23 Environmental Rules Rolled Back in Trump’s First 100 Days. Categories: climate change, Trump administration, environmentalism, deregulation, emissions, standards, pollution, greenhouse gas regulations, energy, fossil fuels	2017	United States, Global, International	Link
Popkin, Gabriel. 2017. How Scientists And Indigenous Groups Can Team Up to Protect Forests and Climate. Smithsonianmag. Categories: climate change, conservation, sustainability, preservation, forest, water, adaptation, mitigation, interagency,	2017	South America, Wasington, D.C., United States, Central America, Global	Link
Kirkland, J., Flitcroft, R., Reeves, G. and Hessburg, P., 2017. Adaptation to wildfire: A fish story. Categories: stream habitat, salmonid, anadromous fish, restoration, population, management, adaptation, managed wildfire, prescribed burn, wildfire,	2017	United States, National, Washington state	Link
Barrera, S. 2017. Cherokee playwright tackles love, climate change at Autry. Categories: playwright, theater, climate justice, climate change, court, law, legislation, planning, policy	2017	United States	Link
Matias, Cliff. 2017. Indigenous Peoples Lead DC Climate March. Categories: climate change, demonstration, activism, Native rights, human health, social justice, youth justice, Trump administration	2017	United States	Link
Gilles, Nathan G., Josh Foster, Meghan M. Dalton, Philip W. Mote, David E. Rupp, John Stevenson, Katherine A. Serafin, Janan Evans-Wilent, Peter Ruggiero, John T. Abatzoglou, Timothy J. Sheehan, Katherine C. Hegewisch, Denise H. Lach, Jessica Andrepont, and Kathie D. Dello. Responding to Climate Variability and Change in the Pacific Northwest United States: The Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium, September 2010–August 2017 Phase 1 Final Report. The Pacific Northwest Climate Impacts Research Consortium (CIRC), A NOAA RISA Team. Corvallis, Oregon: College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Oregon State University, 2017. Categories: Pacific Northwest, Climate impacts, communities, modeling, analysis	2017	Pacific Northwest	Link
Morrow, Allison. 2017. Nisqually tribe won't fish chum after historic decision. King 5 News. Categories: climate change, conservation, fisheries, salmon, population, habitat, restoration, conservation, sustainability, marine, fisheries, subsistence, commercial, industrial, traditional foods	2017	Washignton State, Pacific Northwest, Nisqually	Link
Lawler, J.H.; Bullock, R.C.L. 2017. A Case for Indigenous Community Forestry. Journal of Forestry. 115(2), 117-125. Categories: case study, community forestry, indigenous forestry, sustainability	2017	National	Link
Kahn, Brian. 2017. The EPA has started to remove Obama-era information. Categories: climate change, trump administration, Obama Administration, white house, federal, protection,administration, legislation	2017	National, United States	Link
Trahant, M. 2017. Saving Budget Fights for Another Day: Congress has a spending plan for this year that includes more money for most Native programs through September. Categories: Trump Administration, policy, planning, budget, agencies, tribal assistance, short-term	2017	National, United States	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 Categories: climate change impacts, forest and plant health, community health, social vulnerability, adaptation, climate modeling	2017	Pacific Northwest	Link
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography. Categories: education, outreach, research, accessibility, planning, outreach	2017	International	Link
Stephen Pyne. 2017. Recreating forests of the past isn't enough to fix our wildfire problem. Categories: wildfire, managed fire, prescribed burn, management, prevention, ecosystem, beneficial, fuels, fire science, ecology, resilience	2017	United States, National	Link
Watt-Cloutier, Sheila. 2017. The right to be cold is key to addressing climate change says Nobel nominee. Categories: climate change, arctic, Inuit, Inupiaq, TEK, Traditional ecological knowledge, weather patterns, polar ice sheets, temperature, adaptation, mitigation	2017	Arctic, Alaska, Canada, United States, Global, International	Link
Hill, D. 2017. Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land. The Guardian. Categories: religion, catholicism, sovereignty, self-determination, stewardship, jurisdiction, policy	2017	International, Global	Link
Whyte, K. 2017. Indigenous Climate Change & Climate Justice Teaching Materials & Advanced Bibliography. Categories: education, outreach, research, accessibility, planning, outreach	2017	International	Link
Lundgren, H., Cook, K. 2017. Telling the “Good Fire” Story: Two Communities’ Prescribed Fire Outreach Efforts. Categories: wildfire, managed burn, prescribed burn, management, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, community resilience, air quality, ecosystem, habitat	2017	Washington state, United States, National	Link
Clayton, S., Manning, C. M., Krygsman, K., & Speiser, M. (2017). Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, and ecoAmerica. Categories: climate change, adaptation, mitigation, human health, community, climate science, recommendations, planning, policy	2017	National	Link
Banerjee, N. 2017. Trial Date Set for Children’s Climate Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Categories: climate change, legislation, policy, social justice, youth justice, human health, future generations, federal court,	2017	United Stated, National	Link
n.a. 2017. Climate change drove population decline in New World before Europeans arrived. Phys Org. Categories: climate change, climate science, ancient climate, colonization, settlement, past projections,	2017	North America, Minnesota, Great Plains, Midwest	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. Categories: climate change, TEK, Indigenous science,intergenerational knowledge, self-determination, collaboration, management, technical assistance, self-determination, soverignty	2017	Naitonal	Link
Hipp, Janie Simms, and Duren, Colby D. June 2017. Regaining Our Future: An Assessment of Risks and Opportunities for Native Communities in the 2018 Farm Bill. Prior Lake, Minnesota: Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community Categories: climate change, agriculture, Farm bill, White house, Trump Administration, federal budgeting, planning, policy, management, legislation, human health, community justice, social justice, environmental racism	2017	Southwest, Midwes, North Dakota, South Dakota, National, United States	Link
Melvin, A.M., Murray, J., Boehlert, B. et al. Climatic Change (2017) 141: 783. doi:10.1007/s10584-017-1923-2 Categories: climate change, wildfire, adaptation, mitigation, water quality, biodiversity, expense, cost, alaska	2017	Alaska, United States	Link
Nicholson, B. 2017. Dakota Access review to re-examine impact on tribe. WKOW. Categories: 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	2017	North Dakota, Illinois, United States	Link
Grey, Eva. 2017. Arctic indigenous leaders speak up about the dangers of increased shipping. Ship-Technology. Categories: climate change, oceans, marine health, shipping, freight, oil freight, oil spills, pollution, fisheries, ecosystem, sustainability, conservation, preservation	2017	Alaska, Russia, Canada	Link
McNeeley, S.M., Even, T.L., Gioia, J.B., Knapp, C.N. and Beeton, T.A., 2017. Expanding Vulnerability Assessment for Public Lands: The Social Complement to Ecological Approaches. Climate Risk Management. Categories: Climate change; Public lands; Land-based livelihoods; Social vulnerability; Vulnerability assessment; Adaptation	2017	National	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.