1. Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, The Evergreen State College (Olympia, Washington) www.evergreen.edu/nwindian

2. Beginning the discussion

3. Carbon emissions from fossil fuels… …trap heat in the atmosphere the atmosphere Climate change is already here

5. Indigenous Peoples: Miner’s Canary of Climate Change “Like the miner's canary, the Indian marks the shifts from fresh air to poison gas in our political atmosphere…” Felix Cohen (1953) “Indigenous Peoples are like the miner’s canary. When their cultures and languages disappear this reflects the profound sickness in the ecology.” Paul Havemann & Helena Whall (2002) “I say canary in the coal mine because the Arctic is one part of the world that is experiencing faster impact from global warming.” Al Gore (2006)

6. Early warnings in the Arctic 19412004

8. Early warnings in the Pacific xxxxxxxxxxx

9. May 2005 June 2005

10. Early warnings in North America

11. Harvesting rights in North America

12. Impacts on water resources

13. Impacts on forest resources

14. Climate change: potential Culture Killer

15. Traditional Ecological Knowledge

16. Climate stresses on culture

17. Indigenous cooperation

18. XXXXXXXXXXXXXxxxxxxxxxxx United Nations Framework Convention

19. Environmental treaties

20. Community = Survival

21. RECOMMENDATIONS

22. 1. Gather information

23. 2. Secure water sources

24. 3. Secure food sources

25. 4. Adapt to new foods

26. 5. Cooperate in local planning

27. 6. Cooperate to reduce emissions

28. Adopting renewable energies

29. 7. Protect local habitats

30. 8. Assert tribal powers globally Asia-PacificEconomicCooperation (APEC) countries Indigenous NGOs at the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

31. 9. Involve tribal youth

32. 10. Work with other Indigenous

33. The Indigenous Nations Treaty

34. Contact Dr. Alan Parker, Director, Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute (NIARI), The Evergreen State College, SEM 3112, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW Olympia, WA 98505 USA Phone: (360) 867-5075 Fax: (360) 867-6553 E-mail: parkeral@evergreen.eduparkeral@evergreen.edu Web: www.evergreen.edu/nwindianwww.evergreen.edu/nwindian Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations program Web: http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/climate.htmlhttp://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/climate.html Report: http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/IndigClimate.pdfhttp://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/IndigClimate.pdf Powerpoint: http://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/IndigClimate.ppthttp://academic.evergreen.edu/g/grossmaz/IndigClimate.ppt