What Do Native Peoples Stand to Lose as a Result of Climate Change?

Tribal cultures are based on our connections to the land on which we live and the foods the land and waters provide.  Treaty agreements have limited the areas in which Native peoples can harvest those foods.  Climate change threatens our ability to harvest traditional foods by changing the timing of migrations and the locations of vegetation.  As the range of certain foods changes in response to climate change (e.g., they move to cooler northern areas), they will not be available on our usual and accustomed lands.  Because climate change poses an imminent threat to Tribal culture, we have taken actions to understand and combat this threat.