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Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Resources

Traditional Ecological Knowledge (or TEK) refers to the evolving knowledge
acquired by indigenous and local peoples over hundreds or thousands of
years through direct contact with the environment. This knowledge is
specific to a location and includes the relationships between plants,
animals, natural phenomena, and the landscape that are used for lifeways,
such as hunting, fishing, trapping, agriculture, and forestry. TEK is an
accumulating body of knowledge, practice, and belief, that encompasses the
world view of indigenous people which includes ecology, spirituality, human
and animal relationships, and more. TEK has become increasingly recognized
as being valuable for natural resource management, including adaptation to
climate change. Below is a set of resources that were compiled for an LCC
training workshop on traditional ecological knowledge held in Sacramento,
CA in September 2014.
*Tribal History in California*

   - Map of Tribal lands in California
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/sites/default/files/EPA_CA%20Tribal%20lands%202011.jpg>,
   US Census Bureau
   - Edward D. Castillo. 1998. “Short overview of California Indian
   History”.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/web/short-overview-california-indian-history>
   - “California Tribes & Languages at Contact.” Map. Wikimedia Commons,
   2013.
   <http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/california-tribes-languages-contact>
   - Institute of the Environment, University of Arizona. 2013. Unique
   Challenges Facing Southwestern Tribes (Fact Sheet)
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/unique-challenges-facing-southwestern-tribes>
   - Native Languages of the Americas, 2014. Native American Tribes of
   California.
   <http://climate.calcommons.org/web/california-indian-tribes-and-languages>

*Introduction to Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)*

   - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2011. Traditional Ecological Knowledge
   for Application by Service Scientists.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/traditional-ecological-knowledge-application-service-scientists>
   - Vinyeta K. 2012. A Synthesis of Literature on Traditional Ecological
   Knowledge and Climate Change. Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change
   Project.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/a%E2%80%A9-synthesis%E2%80%A9-of%E2%80%A9-literature%E2%80%A9-on%E2%80%A9-traditional-%E2%80%A9ecological%E2%80%A9-knowledge%E2%80%A9-and-%E2%80%A9climate-%E2%80%A9change>
   - Vinyeta, K., and K. Lynn. 2013. Exploring the Role of Traditional
   Ecological Knowledge in Climate Change Initiatives. US Forest Service
   Pacific Northwest Research Station. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-879.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/exploring-role-traditional-ecological-knowledge-climate-change-initiatives>
   - Viles, C. 2013. Indigenous Peoples and Northwest Climate Initiatives:
   Exploring the Role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Resource
   Management. Northwest Climate Science Center.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/indigenous-peoples-and-northwest-climate-initiatives-exploring-role-traditional-ecological>
   - Cunningham, F. 2005. Take Care of the Land and the Land Will Take Care
   of You: Traditional Ecology in Native California. Notes from Native
   California 18:24–34.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/take-care-land-and-land-will-take-care-you-traditional-ecology-native-california>

*TEK and the Policy Environment*

   - Brugnach, M., M. Craps, and A. Dewulf. 2014. Including indigenous
   peoples in climate change mitigation: addressing issues of scale, knowledge
   and power. Climatic Change.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/including-indigenous-peoples-climate-change-mitigation-addressing-issues-scale-knowledge-and>
   - Department of Interior Climate Change Advisory Committee (ACCCNRS).
   2014. Working Draft– Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in
   Climate Change Initiatives. Prepared for: Advisory Committee on Climate
   Change and Natural Resource Science.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/guidelines-considering-traditional-knowledges-climate-change-initiatives>
   - Krakoff, S. 2008. American Indians, climate change, and ethics for a
   warming world. Denver University Law Review 85:865.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/american-indians-climate-change-and-ethics-warming-world>
   - Williams T and Hardison P. 2013. Culture, Law, Risk and Governance:
   Contexts of Traditional Knowledge in Climate Change Adaptation. Tulalip
   (WA).
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/culture-law-risk-and-governance-contexts-traditional-knowledge-climate-change-adaptation>

*TEK and Ethnobiology*

   - Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration. 2009. Culture
   Card - A Guide to Build Cultural Awareness - American Indian and Alaska
   Native. Department of Health and Human Services.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/culture-card-guide-build-cultural-awareness-american-indian-and-alaska-native>
   - Rosales H. 2010. “The InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness– Ten Tribes
   Reclaiming, Stewarding, and Restoring Ancestral Lands.” International
   Journal of Wilderness Volume 16 (Number 1): Pages 8-12
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/intertribal-sinkyone-wilderness-ten-tribes-reclaiming-stewarding-and-restoring-ancestral-lands>
   - Rossier C. and Lake F. 2014. Indigenous Traditional Ecological
   Knowledge in Agroforestry. AF Note– 44. USDA National Agroforestry Center
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/indigenous-traditional-ecological-knowledge-agroforestry>
   .
   - Shebitz D. 2005. “Weaving Traditional Ecological Knowledge into the
   Restoration of Basketry Plants.” Journal of Ecological Anthropology Volume
   9: Pages 51-68.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/weaving-traditional-ecological-knowledge-restoration-basketry-plants>
   - Anderson, M. K. Traditional ecological knowledge: an important facel
   of natural resources conservation. Technical Note 1. U.S. Dept. of
   Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Service.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/traditional-ecological-knowledge-important-facel-natural-resources-conservation-technical-note-1>

*Cross-walking of TEK and Western Science*

   - Henn M, Ostergren D, and Nielsen E. 2011. “Integrating Traditional
   Ecological Knowledge (TEK) into Natural Resource Management”. Park Science
   Volume 27 (Number 3): Pages 54- 61.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/integrating-traditional-ecological-knowledge-tek-natural-resource-management>
   - Lertzman, D. A. 2010. Best of two worlds: Traditional ecological
   knowledge and Western science in ecosystem-based management. Journal of
   Ecosystems and Management 10.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/best-two-worlds-traditional-ecological-knowledge-and-western-science-ecosystem-based-management>
   - Vinyeta, K., and K. Lynn. 2013. Exploring the Role of Traditional
   Ecological Knowledge in Climate Change Initiatives. US Forest Service
   Pacific Northwest Research Station. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-879.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/exploring-role-traditional-ecological-knowledge-climate-change-initiatives>
   - Fragoso, J. M. V., and N. J. Reo. 2013. Complex interactions between
   biota, landscapes and native peoples. Ecological Processes.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/complex-interactions-between-biota-landscapes-and-native-peoples>

*Successful Partnerships that Advance Resource Co-Management*

   - Native American Student Internship: Remote Sensing (link is external)
   
<http://eros.usgs.gov/doi-remote-sensing-activities/2013/native-american-student-internship-remote-sensing>,
   U.S. Department of Interior Program
   - Burn Severity Analysis in the San Carlos Apache Nation (link is
   external)
   
<http://eros.usgs.gov/doi-remote-sensing-activities/2013/burn-severity-analysis-san-carlos-apache-nation>,
   U.S. Department of Interior Program
   - Hansen T. 2013. “8 Tribes That Are Way Ahead of the Climate-Adaptation
   Curve.” Indian Country Today Media Network.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/8-tribes-are-way-ahead-climate-adaptation-curve>
   - ICTMN Staff. 2014. “Klamath Youth Program Melding Science and
   Traditional Knowledge Wins National Award.” Indian Country Today Media
   Network.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/klamath-youth-program-melding-science-and-traditional-knowledge-wins-national-award>

*Tribes and Climate Change*

Also see the October 2013 special issue (link is external)
<http://link.springer.com/journal/10584/120/3/page/1> of *Climatic Change*
on "Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples in the United States: Impacts,
Experiences and Actions".

   - Chief K, Daigle JJ, Lynn K, and Powys Whyte K. 2014. Indigenous
   Experiences in the U.S. with Climate Change and Environmental Stewardship
   in the Anthropocene.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/indigenous-experiences-us-climate-change-and-environmental-stewardship-anthropocene>
   - Intertribal Climate Change Working Group. 2009. A Tribal White Paper
   on Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/tribal-white-paper-climate-change-adaptation-and-mitigation>
   - Redsteer MH, Bemis K, Chief K, Gautam M, Middleton BR, and Tsosie R.
   Unique Challenges Facing Southwestern Tribes. In Assessment of Climate
   Change in the Southwest United States: A Report Prepared for the National
   Climate Assessment. Washington (DC).
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/unique-challenges-facing-southwestern-tribes>
   - Rose KA. 2010. Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Opinions: A Review of
   the Scientific Literature.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/tribal-climate-change-adaptation-options-review-scientific-literature>
   - The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead
   Reservation. 2013. Climate Change Strategic Plan. Resolution No.
13-52. (link
   is external)
   
<http://www.cskt.org/NRD/docs/CSKT%20Climate%20Change%20Adaptation%20Plan%20FINAL%2009%2010%202013.pdf>
   - Tulalip Natural Resources Department. 2006. Climate change impacts on
   tribal resources.
   <http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/climate-change-impacts-tribal-resources>
   - Schuster, Paul F., and Karonhiakta’tie Bryan Maracle. Studies of
   Climate Change in the Yukon River Basin—Connecting Community and Science
   Through a Unique Partnership. Fact Sheet. US Geological Survey, 2010.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/studies-climate-change-yukon-river-basin%E2%80%94connecting-community-and-science-through-unique>
   - National Wildlife Federation, 2011. Facing the Storm: Indian Tribes,
   Climate-Induced Weather
   Extremes, and the Future for Indian Country
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/facing-storm-indian-tribes-climate-induced-weather-extremes-and-future-indian-country>
   - National Tribal Air Association, 2009. Impacts of Climate Change on
   Tribes in the United States. (link is external)
   
<http://www3.epa.gov/air/tribal/pdfs/Impacts%20of%20Climate%20Change%20on%20Tribes%20in%20the%20United%20States.pdf>
   - Cochran, P., O. H. Huntitngton, C. Pungowiyi, S. Tom, F. S. I. Chapin,
   H. P. Huntington, N. G. Maynard, and S. F. Trainor. 2013. Indigenous
   frameworks for observing and responding to climate change in Alaska.
   Climatic Change 120:557–567
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/indigenous-frameworks-observing-and-responding-climate-change-alaska>
   .
   - Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project, 2013. A Tribal
   Planning Framework - Climate Change Adaptation Strategies by Sector.
   (link is external)
   
<http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/files/2010/11/Tribal_CC_framework_April_2013-25wov2q.pdf>
   - Tribal Climate Change Project, 2011. A Guide for Tribal Leaders on
   U.S. Climate Change Programs. (link is external)
   
<http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/files/2010/11/tribal_leaders_CC_guide_1-4-2012.pdf>
   - Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, 2012. Southwest
   Tribal Climate Change Project. (link is external)
   <http://www7.nau.edu/itep/main/tcc/docs/tribes/tribes_ITEPSWTCCProject.pdf>
   - Nakashima, D. J., K. Galloway McLean, H. D. Thulstrup, A. R. Castillo,
   and J. Rubis. 2012. Weathering uncertainty: traditional knowledge for
   climate change assessment and adaptation. United Nations Educational,
   Scientific and Cultural Organization and United Nations University, Paris
   and Darwin
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/weathering-uncertainty-traditional-knowledge-climate-change-assessment-and-adaptation>

*Cross-cultural World Views and Ethics*

   - Hardison, P. 2012, Emics, etics, ethics and equity in the dialogue
   between worlds: Beyond bridges, integration, partnerships, scales and other
   common concepts in the utilization of traditional ecological knowledge.
   Ecological Society of America. Portland, Oregon.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/emics-etics-ethics-and-equity-dialogue-between-worlds-beyond-bridges-integration-partnerships>
   - Higgs, E. 2005. The two-culture problem: ecological restoration and
   the integration of knowledge. Restoration Ecology 13:159–164.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/two-culture-problem-ecological-restoration-and-integration-knowledge>
   - Houde, N. 2007. The six faces of traditional ecological knowledge:
   challenges and opportunities for Canadian co-management arrangements.
   Ecology and Society 12.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/six-faces-traditional-ecological-knowledge-challenges-and-opportunities-canadian-co-management>
   - Pierotti, R., and D. Wildcat. 2000. Traditional ecological knowledge:
   the third alternative (commentary). Ecological Applications 10:1333–1340.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/traditional-ecological-knowledge-third-alternative-commentary>
   - Shackeroff, J.M. and Campbell, L.M., 2010. Traditional ecological
   knowledge in conservation research: problems and prospects for their
   constructive engagement. Conservation and Society 5:343-360.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/traditional-ecological-knowledge-conservation-research-problems-and-prospects-their-constructive>
   - Reo, N. 2011. The importance of belief systems in traditional
   ecological knowledge initiatives. The International Indigenous Policy
   Journal 2.
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/importance-belief-systems-traditional-ecological-knowledge-initiatives>

*Integrating TEK in Environmental Decision Making*

   - Karuk Tribe Department of Natural Resources. (link is external)
   <http://www.karuk.us/index.php/departments/natural-resources>
   - USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2010. Indigenous
   Stewardship Methods and NRCS Conservation Practices (link is external)
   <http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs143_012267.pdf>
   - Donoghue, E.M., Thompson, S.A. and Bliss, J.C. 2010. Tribal-Federal
   collaboration in resource management. Journal of Ecological Anthropology
   14:22-38
   
<http://climate.calcommons.org/bib/tribal-federal-collaboration-resource-management>
   - Uprety, Y. et al. 2012. Contribution of traditional knowledge to
   ecological restoration: practices and approaches. Ecoscience 19:225-237.
   (link is external)
   
<http://www.researchgate.net/publication/233966866_Contribution_of_Traditional_Knowledge_to_Ecological_Restoration_Practices_and_Applications>

*Policy Declarations and Frameworks*

   - National Congress of American Indians, 2010. (link is external)
   <http://www.ncai.org/>
   - Report of the Indigenous Peoples' Global Summit on Climate Change,
   2009. (link is external)
   <http://www.un.org/ga/president/63/letters/globalsummitoncc.pdf>
   - Swinomish Indian Senate, 2007. Proclamation of The Swinomish Indian
   Senate on a Swinomish Climate Change Initiative. (link is external)
   <http://www.swinomish-nsn.gov/climate_change/project/project.html>
   - United Nations General Assembly, 2007. United Nations Declaration on
   the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. (link is external)
   <http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/IPeoples/Pages/Declaration.aspx>.

*Other Relevant Resources*

   - Lynn K. 2012. Fostering Tribal Engagement in Climate Science Centers
   and Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. Pacific Northwest Tribal. (link
   is external)
   
<http://tribalclimate.uoregon.edu/files/2010/11/Tribal_engagement_10-15-2012-1izz31b.pdf>
   - Rodriguez M. 2009. 2013 California Tribal Water Summit Proceedings.
   (link is external)
   
<http://www.waterplan.water.ca.gov/docs/tws/2013/TribalSummitProceedings2013.pdf>
   - Salazar K. 2009. Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on America’s
   Water, Land, and Other Natural and Cultural Resources. Order No. 3289. U.S.
   Department of the Interior. Washington (DC). (link is external)
   <http://www.doi.gov/whatwedo/climate/cop15/upload/SecOrder3289.pdf>
   - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. 2014. “Item 3–
   Nairobi Work Programme on Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation to Climate
   Change.” Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice. Fortieth
   Session. 4-15 June 2014. (link is external)
   <http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2014/sbsta/eng/inf11.pdf>

Subjects:

   - traditional ecological knowledge
   <http://climate.calcommons.org/subject/traditional-ecological-knowledge>
   - climate change adaptation
   <http://climate.calcommons.org/subject/climate-change-adaptation>
   - resource management
   <http://climate.calcommons.org/subject/resource-management>

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   - Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) Workshop
   
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11/2015