National Museum of the American Indian

The National Museum of the American Indian is the sixteenth museum of the Smithsonian Institution. It is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice.

US National Assessment of the Potential Consequences of Climate Variability and Change Region: Native Peoples / Native Homelands Includes workshop report “Circle of Wisdom”, Comments on Climate Changes Initiatives and Indian Tribes (dated November 1997) and Recommendations for Federal Energy Policy (1 December 1998).
The Albuquerque Declaration, 1998
The Anchorage Declaration, 24 April 2009
United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
“Supporting a National Mandatory Program to Reduce Climate Change Pollution and Promote Renewable Energy” The National Congress of American Indians, Resolution #EWS-06-004
“Climate Change and Pacific Rim Indigenous Nations” By Alan Parker, Zoltán Grossman, Edward Whitesell, Brett Stephenson, Terry Williams, Preston Hardison, Laural Ballew, Brad Burnham, Jill Bushnell, and Renée Klosterman Published in October 2006 by the Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute (NIARI), The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, USA

Conferences and Events:

NMAI Mother Earth events
Planning for Seven Generations: Indigenous & Scientific Approaches to Climate Change Conference, March 19 - 21, 2008

Government Offices:

U.S. Department of Energy Tribal Energy Program
Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources (CIER)

Native Climate Change Organizations:

American Indian and Alaska Native Climate Change Working Group
Native Wind [renewable energy]
Intertribal Council on Utility Policy

Practical Tools:

Guide on Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples Tebtebba Indigenous Peoples’ International Centre for Policy Research and Education
Climate Witness Community Toolkit WWF - South Pacific Programme

Teaching Resources:

Pacific Worlds Indigenous Geography Education Project for Hawai‘i and the Pacific Islands Includes curriculum for secondary schools
Alaska Native Knowledge Network Curriculum Resources Available Online regarding Native science and more
Indigenous Knowledge for the Environment In Learning for a Sustainable Environment, edited by John Fien, Debbie Heck and Jo-Anne Ferreira Complete teaching module.