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Title & Authors	Disciplines	Themes	Tribes
Addressing Climate Change at a Tribal Level Steve Robinson and Michael T. Alesko	Environmental Studies	Activism Climate Change Community Development Environmental Restoration	Swinomish
Alberta’s Oil Sands and the Rights of First Nations Peoples to Environmental Health Lori Lambert, PhD, DS	Environmental Studies Geology Health	Activism Climate Change Economic Development Energy Environmental Justice Intergovernmental Relations International Indigenous Natural Resources
Ancestral Roots and Changing Landscapes: The Impact of Seattle's Development on the Salish People of Central Puget Sound Brian Footen	Environmental Studies	Environmental Restoration Land Law and Justice Salmon Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Coast Salish People of Puget Sound
Back to the Bison: The Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes and the National Bison Range Linda Moon Stumpff	Environmental Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Cultural Preservation Intergovernmental Relations Land Law and Justice Leadership Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Confederated Tribes of Salish Kootenai
Back to the Future: Dam Removal and Native Salmon Restoration on the Elwha River Brian Footen and Jovana Brown	Biology Environmental Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Intergovernmental Relations Leadership Salmon Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Lower Elwha Klallam
Blowing in the Wind: The Navajo Nation and Uranium Jovana J. Brown, PhD and Lori Lambert, PhD, DS, RN	Environmental Studies Health	Economic Development Energy Health and Wellness	Navajo
Boundless Water and Bounded People: The Cultural and Social Implications of Shellfish Closures in Boundary Bay Emma S. Norman, Ph.D.	Environmental Studies Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Environmental Justice Intergovernmental Relations Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Lummi
Can the needs for environmental protection and biodiversity and the needs of indigenous people be reconciled? Robert S. Cole	Environmental Studies Native American Studies	Activism Climate Change Environmental Justice International Indigenous
Cape Wind and the Sacred Sunrise of the Wampanoag: A Victory for Whom? Kathleen M. Saul	Environmental Studies Native American Studies	Activism Economic Development Energy Sacred Sites
Co-Management of Puget Sound Salmon: How well does the Use and Collection of Shared Fishery Science between Tribes and the State Guide Resource Protection? Brian Footen	Biology Business and Management Environmental Studies Native American Studies Quantitative Reasoning	Activism Environmental Restoration Intergovernmental Relations Land Law and Justice Salmon Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty
Dam Removal on the Elwha River Peter Dorman	Economics Education Environmental Studies	Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Intergovernmental Relations Natural Resources Salmon	Lower Elwha Klallam
Dams Down, Water Back…Salmon Back Kathleen M. Saul, Ph.D. and Van Maxwell-Miller, MES	Environmental Studies Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Cultural Preservation Energy Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Fish and Wildlife Law and Justice Natural Resources Salmon Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	All Tribes
Darkness to Dawn: Columbia River Native Tribes’ Science and Salmon Restoration Success Brian Footen	Anthropology Biology Economics Environmental Studies Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration Psychology Social Work and Sociology	Activism Climate Change Cultural Preservation Economic Development Environmental Restoration Indigenous Science Intergovernmental Relations Leadership Natural Resources Salmon Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Nez Perce
Environmentalism Across Cultural Borders Sarah S Works, J.D.	Business and Management Economics Environmental Studies Health Law Political Science and Public Administration	Economic Development Intergovernmental Relations Law and Justice Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Hopi Navajo
Flathead Lake Fish and Methylmercury: Treaty Rights & Human Rights Lori Lambert, PhD, DS, RN	Biology Environmental Studies	Activism Health and Wellness	Confederated Tribes of Salish Kootenai
Impacts of Global Climate Change on Tribes in Washington Rob Cole	Biology Environmental Studies Geology	Activism Climate Change Intergovernmental Relations Salmon	All Tribes
Impacts of Global Climate Change on Tribes in Washington Part II Rob Cole	Biology Environmental Studies Geology	Activism Climate Change Fish and Wildlife Intergovernmental Relations Natural Resources Salmon	All Tribes
Irrigation Interests Threaten Precious Hoopa Tribal Fisheries, a Legal Perspective Tom Schlosser	Environmental Studies Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Climate Change Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Land Law and Justice Salmon Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Hoopa Klamath Yurok
Is Your Tribal Land Secure? Ralston, Larry, The Evergreen State College	Environmental Studies Geology Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Climate Change Community Development Land Law and Justice Leadership	Quileute
It's in Our Treaty: the Right to Whale Brown, Jovana J.	Environmental Studies History Native American Studies	Activism Cultural Preservation Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Makah