The Cultural Conservancy - Publications
Publications by Melissa Nelson regarding Native American environmental issues, indigenous knowledge, identity, and cultural revitalization. Many of these articles document different TCC projects over the past seventeen years.
Edited Book
Original Instructions: Indigenous Teachings for a Sustainable Future. Book contract with Collective Heritage Institute/Bioneers. Publisher, Inner Traditions International (Rochester, Vermont, 2008.
Chapters in Edited Books
Indigenous Religions – North America. In The Encyclopedia of Sustainability, VI: The Spirit of Sustainability. Edited by Willis Jenkins. Berkshire Publishing, Great Barrier, MA, 2009. PDF
Rivers of Memory, Lakes of Survival: Native American Water Traditions and the Anishinaabeg Nation. In Deep Blue: Critical Reflections on Nature Religion and Water. Edited by Sylvie Shaw & Andrew Francis. Equinox Publishing, London, England, 2008.
Oral Tradition, Identity, and Inter-generational Healing Through the Southern Paiute Salt Songs. In Cultural Representation and Contestation in Native America. Edited by Andrew Jolivette. Berkeley: AltaMira Press, 2006. PDF
Stop Making War on Mother Earth. Ecological Medicine – Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves. Edited by Kenny Ausubel and J.P. Harpignies. San Francisco: A Sierra Club Book/UC Press, 2004.
Becoming Métis. The Colors of Nature – Culture, Identity, and the Natural World. Edited by Alison Deming and Lauret Savoy, Milkweed Press, 2002.
Contemporary Native American Responses to Environmental Threats in Indian Country. Co-authored with Dr. Tirso Gonzales. In Indigenous Traditions and Ecology –The Interbeing of Comology and Community. Edited by John Grim, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University Press, 2001.
Constructing a Confluence: Water Stories and the Restoration of an Urban Watershed. In Writing on Water. Edited by David Rothenberg and Marta Ulvaeus, MIT Press, 2001.
Becoming Métis. In At Home on the Earth - Becoming Native to our Place. Edited by David Landis Barnhill, University of California Press, 1999.
Journals
More Than One Mask: The Context of NAGPRA for Museums and Tribes. Co-authored with primary author Edward M. Luby. The American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 32:4 (2008) 85 – 105, 2008. PDF
Ravens, Storms, and the Ecological Indian at the National Museum of the American Indian. Wicaso Sa Review, 21, no. 2. 2006. PDF
Introduction: Indigenous Language Revitalization. Nelson, Melissa, executive editor, ReVision Journal, Washington, D.C., Fall, 2002, Volume 25, Number 2, 3 – 4, 2002.
Moyla Tuupanga: The Moon Is in the Sky: An interview with L. Frank Manriquez. Nelson, Melissa. ReVision Journal, Washington, D.C., Fall, 2002, Volume 25, Number 2, 39 – 48, 2002.
Storyscapes: Living Songs in Native Lands. Co-authored with Philip Klasky. ReVision Journal, Washington, D.C., Fall, 2002, Volume 25, Number 2, 11 – 18, 2002.
A Psychological Impact Report for the Environmental Movement. ReVision, Spring. Vol. 20(4): 37-43, 1998.
With E.T. Schwalen. San Francisco Bay Area Coalition Forms Bonds Between Native Americans and Non-Native Restorationists. Restoration and Management Notes 12(2): 243-244, 1995.
Our Modern Challenge: Exploring Alternatives Through Dialogue and Ecological Responsibility. The Trumpeter - Journal of Ecosophy 10 (2): 57-59, 1993.
An Exploration of Intuition: Its Relationship to the Deep Ecology Movement & Ecosophy. The Trumpeter - Journal of Ecosophy 9 (2): 83-84, 1991.
Popular Magazines
Cutting-edge Brower Center Honors Ohlone Ancestors in Blessing Ceremony. News From Native California. Spring, 2010. PDF
The Salt Song Trail. Co-authored with Philip M. Klasky. News From Native California, Vol. 18(4), Summer, 2005. PDF
Health and Ecology of Indigenous California Foods and the Bay Nut. The Snail. Slow Foods USA Newsletter, May 2004.
Storyscape: the power of song in the protection of native lands. Co-authored with Philip Klasky. Orion Afield, Autumn, Vol. 5(4), 22-25, 2001.
To Help Us Be Human: An Interview with Malidoma Somé. Orion Magazine, Vol. 17(3), Summer: 13-16, 1998.
Becoming Métis. Orion Magazine, Vol. 16(2), Spring: 62-64, 1997.
Guidelines for Biodiversity Collections: A look at the issues. Abya Yala News 8 (2): 19-20, 1995.
Community Newsletters
NAGPRA In Context: Report on a Workshop for Native American Tribes & Museums. Co-authored with Edward M. Luby. Roots & Shoots. California Indian Basketweavers Association, Newsletter #43, Summer/Fall 2004.
Reclaiming an Indigenous Mind. The Ecopsychology Newsletter, Issue 2, Fall, 1994.
Original Stakeholders of the Presidio: The Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. Presidio of San Francisco Environmental Newsletter, U.S. Department of Army, July, Volume 13, 1998.