Transcript Miner`s Canary of Climate Change??

Asserting Native Resilience:
Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations
Face the Climate Crisis
Oregon State University Press, 2012
Anthology edited by Zoltan Grossman and Alan Parker,
Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute (NIARI),
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Climate Change
and Pacific Rim
Indigenous
Nations Project
Report
to Tribal
Leadership
(2006)
Community
Organizing
Booklet
(2010)
INTRODUCTION

RESILIENCE:
1. the power or ability to return to the original form, position, etc.,
after being bent, compressed, or stretched; elasticity.
2. ability to recover readily from illness,
depression, adversity, or the like; buoyancy.
Tribute to Renée Klosterman
Foreword by Billy Frank, Jr. (Nisqually)
Chair, North West Indian Fisheries Commission (NWIFC)
Looking Ahead: Northwest Tribes’ Responses to Climate Change
Introduction
Alan Parker (Chippewa-Cree), Evergreen faculty, NIARI Director
Zoltán Grossman, Evergreen faculty, NIARI senior research associate
Resilience #1:
Traditional
Ecological
Knowledge
Indigenous peoples based in place,
so have knowledge of geography.
Connections with nature tested by time,
so have knowledge of history
Knowledge transmitted from elders to youth
Native harvesters’ observations offer early
warning system. Western Science research
process slower to publish and react.
Resilience #2:
Indigenous sovereignty and unity
Tribal sovereignty
offers shield for
new methods of
sustanability,
building community
Intertribal unity
offers ways to
Assist each other
(harvesters advising
about or trading
Shifting species)
Resilience #3:
Community = Survival
Marae
vs.
Mall
Advantage of sense of community in emergency planning & response
Tribal responses can provide direction & model for non-Native neighbors
Non-Native respect for TEK can overcome barriers on sovereignty
Native Peoples:
Miner’s Canary of Climate Change??
“Indigenous Peoples are like the miner’s canary. When their
cultures and languages disappear this reflects the profound sickness
in the ecology.”--Paul Havemann & Helena Whall (2002)
“You might be miners, but we are not canaries.”

--Dr. Daniel Wildcat, Red Alert (2009)
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Indigenous Declarations on the Climate Crisis

Anchorage Declaration of Indigenous Peoples Global Summit on Climate Change;
International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change policy paper;
Mystic Lake Declaration of Native Peoples/ Native Homelands II workshop 2009;
Native Peoples/Native Homelands 1998 North American Indigenous Concerns
Alaska: Testimony from the Frontlines
Mike Williams (Yupiaq), co-chair of the Alaska Inter-Tribal Council
Sharing One Skin
Jeannette Armstrong (Okanagan Syilx),
En’owkin Centre executive director, Penticton, British Columbia
CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
here Words Touch the Earth: Tribal Students Produce a
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Climate Change Video on the Coast Salish Moons
Greg Mahle (Upper Skagit) and Lexie Tom (Lummi),
Northwest Indian College, Lummi
Watching for the Signs
Chief Willie Charlie, Chehalis (Sts’Ailes),
First Nation Chief; Vice-President of Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs
Different Ways of Looking at Things
Larry Merculieff (Aleut), Seven Generations Consulting,
Pribilof Islands, Alaska
Communities gathering information
Inuit
documenting
climate
change
NWIC
video
on
Salish
Moons
Protecting cultural resources habitat
Involving
tribal youth
Mapping and
documenting changes
Planning for future
of their community
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CRISIS
I
mpacts on Northwest Tribes, Terry Williams (Tulalip) and
Preston Hardison, Tulalip Tribes natural resources staff
Climate Change Implications for Quileute and Hoh Tribes of Wash.
Chelsie Papiez, Evergreen graduate student; NOAA Fellow.
Maori Perspectives on Climate Change
Brett “Ata” Stephenson (Maori), Senior Lecturer in Environmental
Sciences at the Maori university Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi
Impacts of Global Climate Change
Brad Burnham, Evergreen graduate student
Effects of Climate Change on Women's and Children's Health
Debra McNutt, Evergreen graduate student,
for the Community Alliance and Peacemaking Project
Medicine Creek Treaty Tree
South
Cascade
Glacier
Threats to fishery
Declined spring snowpack
reduce summer streamflows
Earlier and quicker spring melts
create floods, throw off timing
of ecosystem relationships
Higher stream water temps
and ocean acidification
harm fish and habitat
Enormous economic impacts
from unreliable water sources
Near Skokomish Reservation
Threats from
forest fires
Shifting
species
Sea-level rise

Hoh Reservation on Washington
coast threatened by storm surges
and tsunamis. Home have fallen in
the Hoh River due to coastal flooding.
Tribal offices are permanently
sandbagged, and the Tribe is working
with the National Park Service to move
housing to higher ground
CURRENT RESPONSES
Indigenous Responses to the International Climate Change Framework
Zoltán Grossman, Evergreen faculty, NIARI senior research associate
On Our Own: Adapting to Climate Change
Rudolph C. Rÿser, Chair, Center for World Indigenous Studies
Swinomish Climate Change Initiative
Excerpts from Impact Assessment Technical Report
and Climate Adaptation Action Plan
Honorable Community Engagement
Shelly Vendiola (Swinomish/Lummi/Filipina),Swinomish Climate
Change Initiative’s Climate Change Education and Awareness Group
Native Renewable Energies: Articles on the national overview
and Tulalip’s Qualco Energy biogas project
Cooperate in
land use planning
Clear-cuts causing mudslides
in 2007 storm in Lewis County
Nisqually agreement with Olympia
on alternate springwater sources
Local scale is where conflict or
cooperation emerge, affect policy:
“All Politics are Local”
Local emergency
planning
Local and tribal governments
sharing resources. Only have
each other in an emergency-not FEMA.
Umatilla
Swinomish working with Skagit River Delta
local governments on flood prevention/response
Adopting
renewable
energies
Cooperate with non-Native
communities to reduce
their emissions
KILI-FM,
Pine Ridge
POSSIBLE PATHS
Kaua e mangere — Do Not Be Idle:
Maori Responses in a Time of Climate Change
Brett “Ata” Stephenson (Maori) environmental scientist
Potential Paths for Native Nations
Laural Ballew (Lummi) and Renée Klosterman,
Evergreen graduate students
No Longer the “Miner’s Canary”:
Indigenous Nations’ Responses to Climate Change
Zoltán Grossman, Evergreen faculty, NIARI senior research associate
Recommendations to Indigenous Government Leadership
Alan Parker (Chippewa-Cree), Evergreen faculty, NIARI Director
Securing
water sources
Preparation = Survival.
Be proactive before the
drought comes;
Use Winters Doctrine
Securing
food sources
Traditional foods healthier,
More resilient to change
Tribes can trade foods
in time of shortages
Agreements between
tribes with small land base
and tribes with agriculture
Adapting to new foods
Prepare for new species coming into the area from the south
Tribes can advise each other on harvestable species (basket grasses)
Tribes can advise each other on dealing with invasive species
Asserting tribal powers globally
Indigenous NGOs at
UN Framework Convention
on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Bolivian President Evo Morales
addressing climate change session of
UN Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Issues (UNPFII)
Work with other Indigenous nations
The Indigenous Nations Treaty
The Indigenous Nations Treaty
RESOURCES
Native Climate Change Resource Directory
Jamie Bown, Evergreen student, NIARI research associate,
and Zoltán Grossman
Listing of Indigenous governments,
NGOs and communities researching & responding to climate change
Northwest Tribes: Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
Community Organizing Booklet, edited by
Debra McNutt, NIARI research associate
Contributors’ Biographies
orthwest Indian Fisheries Commission www.nwifc.org
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Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC) http://www.critfc.org/tech/climate/cc_workshop.html
United League of Indigenous Nations www.ulin-web.org
UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/unpfii/en/session_seventh.html
Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples (UNPFII)
http://www.tebtebba.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=18&Itemid=27
Anchorage Declaration on Climate Change (2009) http://www.indigenoussummit.com/servlet/content/declaration.html
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) http://unfccc.int/2860.php
UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) http://www.ipcc.ch
Native Climate Commons (UN & Tulalip Tribes) http://climate.nativecommons.net
National Tribal Environmental Council (NTEC) www.ntec.org
Native Peoples - Native Homelands climate change workshops www.usgcrp.gov/usgcrp/Library/nationalassessment/native.pdf (1998)
http://portal3.aihec.org/sites/NPNH/Pages/Default.aspx (2009)
Native Communities and Climate Change (2007)www.colorado.edu/Law/centers/nrlc/publications/ClimateChangeReportFINAL%20_9.16.07_.pdf
Planning for Seven Generations (2008) http://www.cbp.ucar.edu/tribalconfhome.html
Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States (2009)
http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts/download-the-report
Tribal Climate Change Forum (2009)
http://www.sustainablenorthwest.org/programs/policy/tribal-climate-change-policy-training-meetingmaterials/?searchterm=tribal%20climate
Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN) Climate Justice Campaign http://www.ienearth.org/climatejustice.html
Native Energy / Intertribal Council on Utility Policy (COUP) www.intertribalcoup.org www.nativewind.org
National Wildlife Federation www.tribalclimate.org
Coast Salish Gathering http://www.coastsalishgathering.com
Climate Change at Quileute and Hoh http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/papiez.html
Tribes and Climate Change (N. Arizona Univ.) http://www4.nau.edu/tribalclimatechange/tribes/northwest.asp
Climate Change Impacts on Tribal Resources (Tulalip)www.tulalip.nsn.us/pdf.docs/FINAL%20CC%20FLYER.pdf
Swinomish Climate Change Initiative http://www.swinomish-nsn.gov/departments/planning/climate_change/climate_main.html
Energy Planning: A Guide for Northwest Indian Tribes www.nwseed.org/documents/NWSEED_Tribal%20GB_Final.pdf
Pacific Northwest Research Station (U.S. Forest Service) www.fs.fed.us/pnw
Environmental Justice and Climate Change (EJCC) Initiative www.ejcc.org
Energy Justice Network www.energyjustice.net
Climate Impacts Group (Pacific Northwest) www.cses.washington.edu/cig
Sea-level rise on Pacific Northwest coast http://www.nwf.org/sealevelrise/Maps_of_the_Pacific_Northwest_Coast.cfm
Alan Parker
irector, Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute (NIARI),
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The Evergreen State College,
Sem 3112, 2700 Evergreen Pkwy. NW
Olympia, WA 98505 USA
NIARI: http://www.evergreen.edu/nwindian
United League of Indigenous Nations
http://www.ULIN-web.org
http://www.IndigenousNationsTreaty.org
Tel.:
(360) 867-5075
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://nwindian.evergreen.edu
Zoltan Grossman
IARI Senior Research Associate,
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Faculty member in Geography and
Native American & World Indigenous Peoples Studies
http:www.evergreen.edu/nativeprograms
The Evergreen State College,
Lab 1 3012, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, WA 98505 USA
Phone: (360) 867-6153 / 359-8871
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz
Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations project
Web:
Report:
Powerpoint:
http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/climate.html
http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/IndigClimate2.pdf
http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/IndigClimate2009.ppt