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
Jason Searle, Exploring Alternatives to the "Consultation or Consent" Paradigm, 6 Mich. J. Envtl. & Admin. L. 485 (2017). Categories: DAPL, pipeline, North Dakota, Rosebud Sioux, Lakota, legislation, policy, litigation	2017	North Dakota, National	Link
Finn, Symma, et al. “The Value of Traditional Ecological Knowledge for the Environmental Health Sciences and Biomedical Research.” Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 125, no. 8, Aug. 2017, doi:10.1289/ehp858. Categories: TEK, preservation, oral tradition, culture, tradition, language	2017		Link
Winters, Chris. 2017. After 90 years, salmon are returning to upper Sultan River. HeraldNET. Categories: climate change, restoration, conservation, management, repopulation, habitat, spawning	2017	Washington, Pacific Northwest	Link
Matthews, S. 2017. Grizzly Bears Are Now the Victims of the Trump Administration’s Climate Denialism. Categories: conservation, climate change, climate denial, endangered species, de-listed, tribal consultation, hunting, grizzly bears	2017	California, Nevada, yellostone National Park, United States	Link
Meeker, D., 2017 A Synthesis of Climate Adaptation Planning Needs in Alaska Native Communities. Categories: Southeast Alaska, climate change, adaptation, policy, planning, management, interagency support, TEK, , oral tradition, climate science, research,	2017	Alaska	Link
Trump Administration. 2017. Fiscal Year 2018 The Interior Budget in Brief May 2017. Categories: Trump administration, budget, resource, allocation, financial assistance, budget cuts, programming	2017	National	Link
Living on Earth. 2017. Land on Fire. Categories: cliamte change, wildfire, forest fire, management, risk, hazard, human health, safety, disaster prevention, disaster relief, planning, policy	2017	National, United States	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 Categories: climate change, TEK, traditional knowledge, knowledge transmission, management, planning, policy	2017	International	Link
n.a. 2017. New Report Reveals Bank Policies Fail to Respond to Climate Risks. Commondreams. Categories: climate change, financial assistance, insurance, lending, loans, fossil fuels, finance, energy, greenhouse gas, coal	2017	United States, National	Link
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2017. Protecting the Health and Well-Being of Communities in a Changing Climate: Proceedings of a Workshop—in Brief. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/24797. Categories: health and medicine, public health, prevention, environment, environment health and safety, climate change	2017		Link
Court Refuses to hear culvert case appeal. May 19, 2017. Northwest Treaty Tribes. Categories: salmon, habitat, restoration, impediments, culvert, block, restoration, legislation, planning, policy, state government	2017	Washington state	Link
United States Forest Service. 2017. Tribal Relations News and Events, Summer 2017. Categories: Tribal relations, collaboration, interagency, federal assistance, trust relationship, Shawnee, Tlingit, Cherokee, Hopi, Apache, huckleberries	2017	Washington state, Oklahoma, National, United States	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. Categories: climate change, planning, policy, adaptation, mitigation, climate science	2017	Alaska, Pacific Northwest, Canada, British Columbia	Link
Ross, A. 2017. Kilmer: Down the congressional rabbit hole. Categories: climate change, Trump Administration, shellfish, fisheries, coastal relocation, Native health,community wellness, congress, representation	2017	Washington state	Link
Banerjee, N., Hirji, Z. 2017.Fighting Climate Change Can Be a Lonely Battle in Oil Country, Especially for a Kid. Categories: climate change, fossil fuels, Louisiana, environmentalism, social justice, environmental justice, emissions regulations	2017	Louisiana, United States, National	Link
A Just Resilience. Lori Peek, Director, Natural Hazards Center. August 20, 2017. Categories: climate change, Charlottesville, racism, white supremacy, social inequality, Trump Administration, white house	2017	National, United States	Link
Whitehouse. 2016. Federal Drought Plan. Categories: Drought, Planning, Climate Impacts, management, planning, policy, legislation, contingency, climate change, Obama archive	2016.	National	Link
Darryl Fears. 2016. Scientists say climate change is threatening the lifeblood of Canada’s native people. Washington Post. Categories: Climate Impacts, Species Decline, Salmon	2016.	Alaska, National, International (Canada)	Link
Why Native American Tribes Are In McCall To Plan For Climate Change. Boise State. 2016. Categories: climate change, traditional foods, drought, salmon, water rights, wildfires	2016.	United States, Northwest	Link
Nathan Gilles. 2016. A World Aflame. Oregon Quarterly. Categories: Climate Impacts, Wildfire, Tribal Adaptation	2016	Northwest	Link
2016. Research Ethics: A Source Guide to Conducting Research with Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous Geography. Categories: indigenous science, research, climate change, cultural resources, sovereignty, self-determination	2016	Global	Link
NOAA Sentinel Site Cooperative. n.d. Keeping Pace: A short guide to navigating sea-level rise models. Categories: Sea-level Rise, Climate Modeling	2016	National, International	Link
EPA. Climate Change and the Health of Children. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: health risks, children, socioeconomic, climate change, biohazard, vulnerability, exposure	2016	International	Link
Herman, R.D.K. 2016. Traditional knowledge in a time of crisis: climate change, culture and communication. Springer 11(1): 163-176. Categories: Western Science, Traditional Knowledges, Indigeneity, Knowledge Co-Production	2016	International	Link
Carolyn van Houten. The First Official Climate Refugees in the U.S. Race Against Time. 2016. National Geographic Online. Categories: Climate Adaptation, Relocation, Climate Refugee, Isle de Jean Charles, Isle de Jean Charles band of the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Tribe	2016	Southeast, Gulf of Mexico	Link
Federal Treaty and Trust Obligations, and Ocean Acidification. Robert T. Anderson, University of Washington School of Law, June 1, 2016. Washington Journal of Environmental Law & Policy, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pp. 474-95 (2016) University of Washington School of Law Research Paper 2016-17. Categories: land action, tribal lands, water health, environmental protection, tribal territories, protection of rights, advocacy, trust responsibility	2016	National, International	Link
LaDuke, Winona. 2016. The Rights of Nature (video). University of Oregon: EMU Ballroom. Categories: climate achange, fossil fuel, capitalism, pieline, protest, resistance, sovereignty, self-determination, treaty rights	2016	National	Link
EPA. Climate Change, Health, and Environmental Justice. Factsheet. 2016. Categories: social justice, climate change, socioeconomic, race, citizenship, low-income, biohazard, accessibility, education	2016	International, United States	Link
USFWS. 2016. The Service's: Native American Policy. 510 FW 1. Categories: Policy, Conservation, Cultural Resources, Federal-Tribal Collaboration	2016	National	Link
US Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources.2016. Senators Work to Improve Forest Management and Wildfire Budgeting. Press Release. Categories: Wildfire, Forest Management, Natural Resource Management	2016	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.