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SUMMARY:Unique Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources of American India
 ns and Alaska Natives in the U.S. - Karletta Chief (University of Arizona)
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CONTACT:Oliver Shorttle
DESCRIPTION:This presentation provides an overview of climate change impac
 ts on tribal water resources and the subsequent cascading effects on livel
 ihoods and cultures of American Indians and Alaska Natives living on triba
 l lands in the U.S. It first presents a hazards and vulnerability framewor
 k for understanding these impacts. Next the article provides context on th
 e framework components including climate\, hydrologic\, and ecosystem chan
 ges (i.e. hazards) and tribe-specific vulnerability factors (socioeconomic
 \, political\, infrastructural\, environmental\, spiritual and cultural)\,
  which when combined with hazards lead to impacts. The article finishes wi
 th regional summaries of impacts around the U.S. Although each tribal comm
 unity experiences their own impacts because of their individual history\, 
 culture\, and geographic setting\, many of the observed impacts are catego
 rized as impacts on – 1) water supply and management (including water so
 urces and infrastructure)\, 2) aquatic species important for culture and s
 ubsistence\, 3) ranching and agriculture particularly from climate extreme
 s (e.g. droughts\, floods)\, 4) tribal sovereignty and rights associated w
 ith water resources\, fishing\, hunting\, and gathering\, and 5) soil qual
 ity (e.g. coastal and\, in Alaska\, riverine erosion\, degradation) prompt
 ing tribal relocation. \n\nKey Terms: climate change impacts\, Native Amer
 icans\, American Indians\, Alaska Natives\, tribes\, water resources\, vul
 nerability\, climate variability\, hazards.\n\n*Zoom details will be sent 
 to all members of the Department of Earth Sciences. The talk will be strea
 med live on the Geoscience in Context facebook page: "https://www.facebook
 .com/groups/286732905909190":URL*\n\n*By attending you are agreeing to the
  series code of conduct\, which can be found here: "https://www.esc.cam.ac
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LOCATION:Zoom
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