A growing body of literature on Tribal Nations and Indigenous peoples continues to delve into specific issues related to climate change, including adaptation and mitigation strategies that are rooted in each community's own traditional knowledges and values (Norton et. al. 2016). This page provides links to specific examples of Tribal climate adaptation planning initiatives from across Turtle Island and also planning initiatives with assistance from ICRN.
Tribal ADAPTATION plans and resilience initiatives
- Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians (WI) - Climate Adaptation Plan (2014)
- 1854 Treaty Authority (MN) - Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan (2016)
- Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (WI) - Reducing its Carbon Footprint and Adapting to Climate Change (2012)
- Forest County Potawatomi (WI) - Tribal Climate Change Profile (2008)
- Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (MN) - Creative Solutions for a Changing Environment (2012)
- Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point (ME) - Climate Change Impacts and Strategies (2008)
- Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (NY/Canada) - Climate Change and Adaptation Planning for Haudenosaunee Tribes (2011)
- Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (NY/Canada) - Climate Change Adaptation Plan for Akwesasne (2013)
- Tuscarora (NY) - Drawing on Traditional Teaching to Confront a Changing Climate (2011)
- ITCMI - Michigan Tribal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Plan: Project Report (2016)
- Menominee Nation of Wisconsin (WI) - Resilience Dialogues (2017)
- Shinnecock Indian Nation (NY) - Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2013)
- Bad River Band of Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians (WI) - Seventh Generation Monitoring Plan (2016)
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- Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (MN, WI, MI) - Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (2023)
- Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians (MI) - Climate Change Adaptation Plan (2015)
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Tribal climate change guide
The Tribal Climate Change Guide is part of the Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project. This website provides links to Tribal adaptation plans and other climate change planning resources in the United States.
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TRIBAL adaptation planning led by the
indigenous climate resilience network
The Indigenous Climate Resilience Network offers a wide range of assistance for Tribes that are looking to work on planning for climate change. This includes day or half-day climate change scenario planning workshops that use the Menominee Nation's sustainable development model, creation of localized climate change profiles that outline what is happening regarding climate change on a Tribe's land, presentations by climate scientists from the Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center that lay a foundation of western scientific knowledge that Tribes can then braid with their own Indigenous knowledge regarding what is occurring with climate change in their region.
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indiansadaptation planning
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Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsinadaptation planning
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Forest County Potawatomiadaptation planning
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