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Title & Authors	Disciplines	Themes	Tribes
Native Fishing Practices and Oxygen Depletion in Hood Canal Cole, Robert S.	Biology Environmental Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Racism and Prejudice Salmon	Skokomish
Natural Restoration and Cultural Knowledge of the Yakama Nation Emily Washines and Gerald Peltier	Environmental Studies Health	Cultural Preservation Environmental Restoration	Confederated Tribes of Yakama
Oppenheimer The Movie, The Indians and The Bomb In A Tale Of Different Worlds Linda Moon Stumpff	Communications Environmental Studies Health History Law Media Studies Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Indigenous Science Intergovernmental Relations Land Law and Justice Media Natural Resources Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	The 23 federally recognized tribes of New Mexico
Pacific Northwest Salmon Habitat: The Culvert Case and the Power of Treaties Jovana J. Brown, PhD and Brian Footen	Biology Environmental Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Environmental Restoration Land Law and Justice Leadership Salmon Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty
Pesticides on the Prairie: Dead Eagles and Quarantined Buffalo--The Impacts of Illegal Rodenticide Application on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation Amy Jackson Jeremy E. Guinn	Biology Chemistry Environmental Studies Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Intergovernmental Relations	Standing Rock Sioux
Quinault Indian Nation: Living on The Edge Steve Robinson	Environmental Studies Health Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration Sociology	Activism Climate Change Community Development Cultural Preservation Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Land Leadership Salmon Self Determination and Self Governance	Quinault
River Flow for Riparian Health Robert S. Cole	Biology Environmental Studies	Environmental Restoration Intergovernmental Relations	Skokomish
Salmon and Contamination in the Columbia River Lambert, Lori	Biology Chemistry Economics Environmental Studies Health History Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Economic Development	Confederated Tribes of Yakama
Should the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Invest in a Woody Biomass Co-generation Facility? Kathleen M. Saul	Biology Business and Management Environmental Studies Native American Studies Quantitative Reasoning	Economic Development Energy	Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Should the Navajo Nation Build a Coal-Fired Power Plant? Jovana Brown and Nora Trahant	Environmental Studies	Activism Community Development Economic Development Energy Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Land	Navajo
Should Tribal Access to Electricity be a Right or a Privilege? Kathleen M. Saul, Ph.D.	Economics Energy Environmental Studies Mathematics Native American Studies Philosophy Political Science and Public Administration	Community Development Energy Environmental Justice Health and Wellness	Umatilla
Silak: Ice and Consciousness. The Arctic and Climate Change Lori Lambert, PhD	Biology Environmental Studies Native American Studies	Activism Climate Change Cultural Preservation	Inuit
skwadi’lic, Board Feet, and the Cedar Tree Kurt W. Russo, PhD	Anthropology Communications Environmental Studies Native American Studies Psychology Social Work and Sociology	Activism Cultural Preservation Environmental Justice Indian Identity Intergovernmental Relations Land Natural Resources Racism and Prejudice Sacred Sites Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Lummi
Sovereign Still From the Forest to the Plains Stumpff, Linda Moon	Environmental Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Economic Development Land Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Confederated Tribes of Salish Kootenai
Sustaining Oomingmak, Sustain Us: Alaska Natives and the Muskox Adapt to Social and Ecological Change Linda Moon Stumpff	Biology Environmental Studies Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Climate Change Community Development Cultural Preservation Economic Development
The Last Stand: the Quinault Indian Nation's Path to Sovereignty and the Case of Tribal Forestry Stumpff, Linda Moon	Economics Environmental Studies History Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Economic Development Environmental Restoration Intergovernmental Relations Leadership Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Quinault
The Native American Tribal Land Back Movement in Washington State Barbara Leigh Smith	Education Environmental Studies History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Community Development Cultural Preservation Economic Development Environmental Restoration Intergovernmental Relations Land Law and Justice Leadership Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	All Tribes
The Navajo Horse Policy Dilemma: Too Many Horses? T’ooahayoo Nihilii? Linda Moon Stumpff, PhD	Biology Environmental Studies Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Cultural Preservation Environmental Restoration Indigenous Science Intergovernmental Relations Land	Navajo
The Peoples’ Forest: Emerging Strategies on the Mescalero Apache Forest Reserves Linda Moon Stumpff	Environmental Studies Native American Studies	Community Development	Mescalero Apache
The Return of a River: A Nisqually Tribal Challenge Steve Robinson and Michael Alesko	Environmental Studies	Cultural Preservation Environmental Restoration Intergovernmental Relations Land Salmon Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Nisqually