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Climate Change and Impacts on Abundance and Distribution of Traditional Foods and Medicines - Effects on a First Nation and Their Capacity to Adapt: Final Report

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources
Explores a project that demonstrates how climate change is affecting First Nations in the boreal region of Canada, and look at the impacts of climate change on traditional foods and medicines at the Black River First Nation.
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Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples: A Synthesis of Current Impacts and Experiences

Alternate Title
General Technical Report ; PNW-GTR-944
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Kathryn Norton-Smith
Kathy Lynn
Karletta Chief
Karen Cozzetto

Jamie Donatuto ... [et al.]
Looks at research pertaining to impacts of climate change and strategies for adaptation and mitigation in the areas of sovereignty and self-determination, culture and cultural identity, Indigenous community health indicators, and economies and livelihoods.
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Climate Change and Its impact on Indigenous Peoples in Nepal Himalaya

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kirat Kamal Sampang Rai
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 60-65
Reports how the mountain ecosystem is expected to be influenced by the adverse effects of climate change on water flows, biodiversity, people and livelihoods.
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Climate Change and the Stories We Tell

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Brenda L. Murphy
Jo-Anne Muise Lawless
Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 46, no. 2, Special Issue: Finding Common Ground, Spring, 2012, pp. 196-220
Authors contend that climate change is providing an occasion to raise questions about values and priorities.
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Climate Change and the Warming Politics of Autonomy in Greenland

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Mark Nuttall
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 44-51
Discusses the need for Arctic communities to prepare for changes caused by loss of sea ice, increases in coastal erosion, migration of animals important to livelihoods and extreme climate events.
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Climate Change and Vibrio cholerae in Herring Eggs: The Role of Indigenous Communities in Public Health Outbreak Responses

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Paivi Abernethy
Shannon Waters
Tim Kulchyski
Dave Rolston
Helena Swinkels ... [et al.]
International Journal of Indigenous Health, vol. 16, no. 2, Wisdom of the Elders: Honouring Spiritual Laws in Indigenous Knowledge , 2021, pp. 13-35

Using the 2018 Vibrio cholerae outbreak to discuss the need for stronger institutional relationships and partnerships with local Indigenous communities when dealing with the impact of climate change trends. 

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Climate Change and Water Security with a Focus on the Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Birgitta Evengard
Jim Berner
Michael Brubaker
Gert Mulvad
Boris Revich
Global Health Action, vol. 4, no. s1, Vulnerable Populations in the Arctic, 2011, p. article 8449
Looks at examples from other countries as to how arising problems are being addressed.
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Climate Change and Zoonotic Infections in the Russian Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Boris Revich
Nikolai Tokarevich
Alan J. Parkinson
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 71, 2012, p. article no. 18792
Provides information on morbidity rates people and animals that have been impacted by climate changes.
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Climate Change Health Assessment: A Novel Approach for Alaska Native Communities

Alternate Title
Climate Health Assessment for Alaska Natives
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Michael Y. Brubaker
Jacob N. Bell
James E. Berner
John A. Warren
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 70, no. 3, 2011, pp. 266-273
Assessment involved four steps: scoping to describe local conditions, surveying to collect data, analysis, and planning. Goal was to improve response capacity of vulnerable communities.
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Climate Change in the Pacific: A Matter of Survival

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Sonia Smallacombe
Indigenous Affairs, no. 1-2, Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples, 2008, pp. 72-78
Adaptation through migration and application of traditional knowledge are some options open to Indigenous people to sustain and manage their environment.
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Climate Change Influences on Environment as a Determinant of Indigenous Health: Relationships to Place, Sea, Ice, and Health in an Inuit Community

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Agata Durkalec
Chris Furgal
Mark W. Skinner
Tom Sheldon
Social Science and Medicine, vol. 136-137, July 2015, pp. 17-26
Study suggests that while use of sea ice can result in physical injury, there are also benefits related to mental/emotional, spiritual, social and cultural health which need to be considered when discussing the impact of changing environmental conditions.
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Climate Change: It's Up to the Youth

Articles » General
Author/Creator
David Joanasie
Rosa Harris-Adler
Emanuel Lowi
Inuktitut, no. 99, Winter, 2006, p. 5
Discusses the International Youth Summit held prior to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change.
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Climate Change: Papers from the Conference

Alternate Title
"Uncertain Future, Deliberate Action." Proceedings of the Circumpolar Climate Change Summit. Whitehorse, Yukon, 19-21 March 2001
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Aynslie Ogden
Northern Review, no. 24, Winter, 2001, pp. 13-17
Introductory article from a special issue devoted to the presentations and discussions at the Circumpolar Climate Change Summit which took place in Whitehorse, Yukon, 2001.
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Climate Change Policy Response for Canada's Inuit Population: The Importance of and Opportunities for Adaptation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
James D. Ford
Tristan Pearce
Frank Duerden
Chris Furgal
Barry Smit
Global Environmental Change, vol. 20, no. 1, February 2010, pp. 177-191
Argues that policy intervention should focus on: transmission of environmental knowledge, emergency management capability, flexibility of resource management regimes, economic support to facilitate adaptation, increase research effort to identify risk factors and response options, protection of infrastructure, and promote awareness of climate change impacts
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Climate Change Poses Health Threats in Arctic

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Becky Rynor
CMAJ: Canadian Medical Association Journal, vol. 184, no. 1, January 10, 2012, pp. E33-E34
Discusses the psychological and social impact of climate change on communities in the Arctic.
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Climate Change, Wellbeing and Resilience in the Weenusk First Nation at Peawanuck: The Moccasin Telegraph Goes Global

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
H. Lemelin
D. Matthews
N. McIntyre
M. Johnston
R. Koster
Rural and Remote Health, vol. 10, no. 2, Human Health at the Ends of the Earth, 2010, pp. 1-18
Analysis of 22 interviews conducted with members of the First Nation indicated that residents are concerned with a variety of changes in the environment and their ability to use the land.
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Climate Change Working Group Meets at SIPI

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Laura Paskus
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Group at the Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute campus has identified four actionable priorities as part of their strategy addressing climate change.
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Climate-Induced Displacement of Alaska Native Communities

Alternate Title
Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Robin Bronen

Gives an overview of climate change in Alaska and discusses its impact on rural villages, climate risks in eight communities, communities requiring complete relocation, and governments' responses.

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Climate Problems Heating Up

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Leader Post, December 17, 2007, p. A3
Discusses global warming as it impacts ecosystems and hunting grounds.
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