Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Introduction: climate change and indigenous peoples of the USA

   • Daniel R. Wildcat

   Pages 1-7

3. Justice forward: Tribes, climate adaptation and responsibility

   • Kyle Powys Whyte

   Pages 9-22

4. Culture, law, risk and governance: contexts of traditional knowledge in climate change adaptation

   • Terry Williams, Preston Hardison

   Pages 23-36

5. The impacts of climate change on tribal traditional foods

   • Kathy Lynn, John Daigle, Jennie Hoffman, Frank Lake, Natalie Michelle, Darren Ranco et al.

   Pages 37-48

6. Indigenous frameworks for observing and responding to climate change in Alaska

   • Patricia Cochran, Orville H. Huntington, Caleb Pungowiyi, Stanley Tom, F. Stuart Chapin III, Henry P. Huntington et al.

   Pages 49-59

7. Climate change impacts on the water resources of American Indians and Alaska Natives in the U.S.

   • K. Cozzetto, K. Chief, K. Dittmer, M. Brubaker, R. Gough, K. Souza et al.

   Pages 61-76

8. Climate change in arid lands and Native American socioeconomic vulnerability: The case of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe

   • Mahesh R. Gautam, Karletta Chief, William J. Smith Jr.

   Pages 77-91

9. The impact of climate change on tribal communities in the US: displacement, relocation, and human rights

   • Julie Koppel Maldonado, Christine Shearer, Robin Bronen, Kristina Peterson, Heather Lazrus

   Pages 93-106

10. Cultural impacts to tribes from climate change influences on forests

    • Garrit Voggesser, Kathy Lynn, John Daigle, Frank K. Lake, Darren Ranco

    Pages 107-118

11. Changing streamflow on Columbia basin tribal lands—climate change and salmon

    • Kyle Dittmer

    Pages 119-133

12. Exploring effects of climate change on Northern Plains American Indian health

    • John T. Doyle, Margaret Hiza Redsteer, Margaret J. Eggers

    Pages 135-147

13. The effect of climate change on glacier ablation and baseflow support in the Nooksack River basin and implications on Pacific salmonid species protection and recovery

    • Oliver Grah, Jezra Beaulieu

    Pages 149-162

14. Re-thinking colonialism to prepare for the impacts of rapid environmental change

    • Nicholas James Reo, Angela K. Parker

    Pages 163-174

With a long history and deep connection to the Earth’s resources, indigenous peoples have an intimate understanding and ability to observe the impacts linked to climate change. Traditional ecological knowledge and tribal experience play a key role in developing future scientific solutions for adaptation to the impacts. The book explores climate-related issues for indigenous communities in the United States, including loss of traditional knowledge, forests and ecosystems, food security and traditional foods, as well as water, Arctic sea ice loss, permafrost thaw and relocation. The book also highlights how tribal communities and programs are responding to the changing environments. Fifty authors from tribal communities, academia, government agencies and NGOs contributed to the book.

Previously published in Climatic Change, Volume 120, Issue 3, 2013.

• Changing Streamflow
• Climate Adaptation
• Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples of the USA
• Climate Change and Tribal Communities
• Climate Change in Alaska
• Traditional Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation
• Tribal Traditional
• Water Resources and American Indians
• climate change
• Climate change management

From the book reviews:

“The articles in this collection lend timely evidence and detailed research to individuals and organizations seeking new solutions to the climate change crisis. They offer new paradigms for viewing ecological shifts, and negotiating the relationship between lawmakers, environmental scientists, and tribes indigenous to the United States. It also offers new and useful vocabulary for future researchers and policy makers … . this book will undoubtedly support and inspire further research.” (Rose Sayre, Natural Hazards Observer, Vol. XXXIX (3), January, 2015)

• Department of Anthropology, American University, Washington, DC, USA

  Julie Koppel Maldonado

• American Indian Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA

  Benedict Colombi

• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA

  Rajul Pandya

Fifty authors from tribal communities, academia, government agencies and NGOs contributed to the book, which explores climate-related issues in indigenous communities in the U.S., including loss of traditional knowledge, forests and ecosystems; food security and traditional foods and water, Arctic sea ice loss, permafrost thaw and relocation.

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