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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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
Pebbles of Gold or Salmon of Time: Pebble Mine and the Cultural and Environmental Economics of Alaska Natives Brian Footen	Biology Economics Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Climate Change Community Development Cultural Preservation Economic Development Environmental Restoration Intergovernmental Relations Leadership Salmon
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
Research for Resilience: Climate Change, the Crow Tribe and Indigenous Knowledge: Part 1 and 2 Linda Moon Stumpff	Biology History Law Native American Studies Political Science and Public Administration	Activism Climate Change Environmental Restoration Indigenous Science Intergovernmental Relations Leadership Treaty Rights and Sovereignty
River Flow for Riparian Health Robert S. Cole	Biology Environmental Studies	Environmental Restoration Intergovernmental Relations	Skokomish
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 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 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
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