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Title & Authors	Disciplines	Themes	Tribes
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Salmon They are My Brothers: A Story of the Lower Snake River Dams Kathleen M. Saul	Biology Energy Environmental Studies History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Climate Change Cultural Preservation Economic Development Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Intergovernmental Relations Leadership Sacred Sites Salmon	Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Confederated Tribes of Yakama Lower Elwha Klallam Nez Perce Swinomish Umatilla
The Yakama Nation and the Cleanup of Hanford: Contested Meanings of Environmental Remediation Daniel A. Bush	Environmental Studies Ethics Health History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Energy Environmental Justice Environmental Restoration Federal and State Relations and Policy Health and Wellness Intergovernmental Relations Land Law and Justice Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Confederated Tribes of Yakama
Through the Taos Pueblo Lens: Values and Emerging Strategies for Protecting Wild Lands and Waters Linda Moon Stumpff	Environmental Studies History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration Sociology	Cultural Preservation Environmental Justice Federal and State Relations and Policy Intergovernmental Relations Land Leadership Self Determination and Self Governance Treaty Rights and Sovereignty	Taos Pueblo

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