However\, anthropogenic climate change and the Climate Crisis coupled with the impacts of colonization pose unique c hallenges for Tribal Nations. Despite these challenges\, Tribal Nations ar e leading the way in climate change adaptation planning and resilience. Th is talk will provide an overview of climate change impacts and adaptation by Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities with an emphasis on the East Coast and coastal communities. It will then discuss opportunities to learn from Indigenous climate change adaptation while maintaining respect for I ndigenous knowledge and Tribal sovereignty.
\nFor adults. Regist ration required. Please email Ari at apap pas@minlib.net \;with questions.
\nAbout Dr. Th ornbrugh
\nDr. Casey Thornbrugh is a citizen of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and is a geographer with a background in climate science. He has served as a Tribal Climate Science Liaison for United South and Ea stern Tribes Inc. (USET) in coordination with the Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Climate Resilience Branch (BIA-TCR) and the Northeast and Southeas t Climate Adaptation Science Centers (NE/SE CASC). In this role\, he worke d with agencies and departments of Tribal Nations to provide climate scien ce information\, identify climate research needs and priorities\, and offe r climate adaptation planning support. Casey served as a co-author on the Fifth National Climate Assessment &ndash\; Northeast Chapter. He resides i n Mashpee\, Massachusetts with his wife\, Sarah and their two children.
\nFunded by the Cary Library Foundation and the Le xington Garden Club.
\nPresented in partne rship with Lexington Climate Action Network\, Native Americans of Lexingto n\, and numerous libraries in Massachusetts.
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