TY - CHAP
T1 - Engagement with indigenous peoples and honoring traditional knowledge systems
AU - Maldonado, Julie
AU - Bennett, T. M.Bull
AU - Chief, Karletta
AU - Cochran, Patricia
AU - Cozzetto, Karen
AU - Gough, Bob
AU - Redsteer, Margaret Hiza
AU - Lynn, Kathy
AU - Maynard, Nancy
AU - Voggesser, Garrit
N1 - Funding Information:
Livelihoods Knowledge Network, Santa Barbara, CA, USA Kiksapa Consulting, LLC, Mandan, ND, USA University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA Alaska Native Science Commission, Anchorage, AK, USA Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, Flagstaff, AZ, USA Intertribal Council on Utility Policy, Minneapolis, MN, USA United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ, USA Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Network, Eugene, OR, USA National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Greenbelt, MD, USA 10 National Wildlife Federation, Denver, CO, USA
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The organizers of the 2014 US National Climate Assessment (NCA) made a concerted effort to reach out to and collaborate with Indigenous peoples, resulting in the most comprehensive information to date on climate change impacts to Indigenous peoples in a US national assessment. Yet, there is still much room for improvement in assessment processes to ensure adequate recognition of Indigenous perspectives and Indigenous knowledge systems. This article discusses the process used in creating the Indigenous Peoples, Land, and Resources NCA chapter by a team comprised of tribal members, agencies, academics, and nongovernmental organizations, who worked together to solicit, collect, and synthesize traditional knowledges and data from a diverse array of Indigenous communities across the US. It also discusses the synergy and discord between traditional knowledge systems and science and the emergence of cross-cutting issues and vulnerabilities for Indigenous peoples. The challenges of coalescing information about climate change and its impacts on Indigenous communities are outlined along with recommendations on the types of information to include in future assessment outputs. We recommend that future assessments – not only NCA, but other relevant local, regional, national, and international efforts aimed at the translation of climate information and assessments into meaningful actions – should support integration of Indigenous perspectives in a sustained way that builds respectful relationships and effectively engages Indigenous communities. Given the large number of tribes in the US and the current challenges and unique vulnerabilities of Indigenous communities, a special report focusing solely on climate change and Indigenous peoples is warranted. “Climate change…remind[s] us that, as my Lakota relatives say, ‘We are all related.’ That might be the wisdom we need most whether scientist or non-scientist - Indigenous or non- Indigenous.” – Dr. Daniel Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University.
AB - The organizers of the 2014 US National Climate Assessment (NCA) made a concerted effort to reach out to and collaborate with Indigenous peoples, resulting in the most comprehensive information to date on climate change impacts to Indigenous peoples in a US national assessment. Yet, there is still much room for improvement in assessment processes to ensure adequate recognition of Indigenous perspectives and Indigenous knowledge systems. This article discusses the process used in creating the Indigenous Peoples, Land, and Resources NCA chapter by a team comprised of tribal members, agencies, academics, and nongovernmental organizations, who worked together to solicit, collect, and synthesize traditional knowledges and data from a diverse array of Indigenous communities across the US. It also discusses the synergy and discord between traditional knowledge systems and science and the emergence of cross-cutting issues and vulnerabilities for Indigenous peoples. The challenges of coalescing information about climate change and its impacts on Indigenous communities are outlined along with recommendations on the types of information to include in future assessment outputs. We recommend that future assessments – not only NCA, but other relevant local, regional, national, and international efforts aimed at the translation of climate information and assessments into meaningful actions – should support integration of Indigenous perspectives in a sustained way that builds respectful relationships and effectively engages Indigenous communities. Given the large number of tribes in the US and the current challenges and unique vulnerabilities of Indigenous communities, a special report focusing solely on climate change and Indigenous peoples is warranted. “Climate change…remind[s] us that, as my Lakota relatives say, ‘We are all related.’ That might be the wisdom we need most whether scientist or non-scientist - Indigenous or non- Indigenous.” – Dr. Daniel Wildcat, Haskell Indian Nations University.
KW - Climate change impact
KW - Indigenous community
KW - Indigenous people
KW - Sustained assessment
KW - Traditional knowledge
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-41802-5_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-41802-5_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85067938779
T3 - Springer Climate
SP - 111
EP - 126
BT - Springer Climate
PB - Springer
ER -