James Andrew Whitaker is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Troy University. He is a former Postdoctoral Researcher at the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) in Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systemes Amazoniens (LEEISA). He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews and Adjunct Faculty at Mississippi State University.Chelsey Geralda Armstrong is Assistant Professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Director of the Historical and Ethnoecological Research (HER) Lab.Guillaume Odonne is Researcher at LEEISA (Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systèmes amazoniens) with the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) based in French Guiana. He manages the EthnYC (Ethnoecology and Cultural Dynamics) team.

• ForewordWilliam Balée IntroductionJames Andrew Whitaker, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, and Guillaume Odonne1 "Open the Floodgates of Heaven": Amazonian Climate Change in Pre-Columbian TimesStéphen Rostain and Jonas Gregorio da Souza2 The Milpa Cycle as a Sustainable Ecological ResourceAnabel Ford 3 Confronting Climatic Instability in Coastal California Through the Lens of Archaeology and Historical EcologyTorben Rick, Gabriel Sanchez, and Shannon Tushingham4 Indigenous People Prevented Climate-Induced Ecological Change for Millennia: Evidence from the Prairie Peninsula and Fire-Loving Forests of Eastern North AmericaNatalie G. Mueller 5 Indigenous Land Use and Fire Resilience of Southwest USA Ponderosa Pine ForestsChristopher I. Roos, Thomas W. Swetnam, and Christopher H. Guiterman6 Different Relational Models have Shaped the Biocultural Conservation over Time of Araucaria araucana Forests and Their People Ana H. Ladio and Mauricio Sedrez dos Reis7 Ancient and Ongoing Land-Use as Climate Change Mitigation in Ts’msyen, Heiltsuk, and Wuikinuxv HomelandsChelsey Geralda Armstrong, Sara Wickham, and Kalina Hunter8 Clam Gardens Across Generations and Places Support Social-Ecological Resilience to Global ChangeDana Lepofsky and Anne Salomon9 Ancient Knowledge, Future Wisdom: Archaeological Perspectives of Caribbean Coastal Food and Habitat Security during Times of Climate CrisesIsabel Rivera-Collazo10 Whose Climate Change Is It? A Thousand-Year Example of Kali’na Responses to Shifting Coastal Landscapes in the Lower Maroni RiverMarquisar Jean-Jacques, Marianne Palisse, Martijn Van Den Bel, Antoine Gardel, and Edward Anthony11 Long-Term Ecological and Climate Changes through Amazonian Indigenous Oral HistoriesPirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Álvaro Férnandez-Llamazares, and Francisco Apurinã12 Owning Climate Change among the Makushi and AkawaioJames Andrew WhitakerPostfaceVictoria Reyes-García and André Braga Junqueira

James Andrew Whitaker is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Troy University. He is a former Postdoctoral Researcher at the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) in Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systemes Amazoniens (LEEISA). He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews and Adjunct Faculty at Mississippi State University.Chelsey Geralda Armstrong is Assistant Professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Director of the Historical and Ethnoecological Research (HER) Lab.Guillaume Odonne is Researcher at LEEISA (Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systèmes amazoniens) with the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) based in French Guiana. He manages the EthnYC (Ethnoecology and Cultural Dynamics) team.

• ForewordWilliam Balée IntroductionJames Andrew Whitaker, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, and Guillaume Odonne1 "Open the Floodgates of Heaven": Amazonian Climate Change in Pre-Columbian TimesStéphen Rostain and Jonas Gregorio da Souza2 The Milpa Cycle as a Sustainable Ecological ResourceAnabel Ford 3 Confronting Climatic Instability in Coastal California Through the Lens of Archaeology and Historical EcologyTorben Rick, Gabriel Sanchez, and Shannon Tushingham4 Indigenous People Prevented Climate-Induced Ecological Change for Millennia: Evidence from the Prairie Peninsula and Fire-Loving Forests of Eastern North AmericaNatalie G. Mueller 5 Indigenous Land Use and Fire Resilience of Southwest USA Ponderosa Pine ForestsChristopher I. Roos, Thomas W. Swetnam, and Christopher H. Guiterman6 Different Relational Models have Shaped the Biocultural Conservation over Time of Araucaria araucana Forests and Their People Ana H. Ladio and Mauricio Sedrez dos Reis7 Ancient and Ongoing Land-Use as Climate Change Mitigation in Ts’msyen, Heiltsuk, and Wuikinuxv HomelandsChelsey Geralda Armstrong, Sara Wickham, and Kalina Hunter8 Clam Gardens Across Generations and Places Support Social-Ecological Resilience to Global ChangeDana Lepofsky and Anne Salomon9 Ancient Knowledge, Future Wisdom: Archaeological Perspectives of Caribbean Coastal Food and Habitat Security during Times of Climate CrisesIsabel Rivera-Collazo10 Whose Climate Change Is It? A Thousand-Year Example of Kali’na Responses to Shifting Coastal Landscapes in the Lower Maroni RiverMarquisar Jean-Jacques, Marianne Palisse, Martijn Van Den Bel, Antoine Gardel, and Edward Anthony11 Long-Term Ecological and Climate Changes through Amazonian Indigenous Oral HistoriesPirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Álvaro Férnandez-Llamazares, and Francisco Apurinã12 Owning Climate Change among the Makushi and AkawaioJames Andrew WhitakerPostfaceVictoria Reyes-García and André Braga Junqueira

James Andrew Whitaker is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Troy University. He is a former Postdoctoral Researcher at the CNRS (French National Center for Scientific Research) in Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systemes Amazoniens (LEEISA). He is also an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of St Andrews and Adjunct Faculty at Mississippi State University.Chelsey Geralda Armstrong is Assistant Professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies at Simon Fraser University, Canada, and Director of the Historical and Ethnoecological Research (HER) Lab.Guillaume Odonne is Researcher at LEEISA (Laboratoire Ecologie, Evolution, Interactions des Systèmes amazoniens) with the CNRS (Centre national de la recherche scientifique) based in French Guiana. He manages the EthnYC (Ethnoecology and Cultural Dynamics) team.

• ForewordWilliam Balée IntroductionJames Andrew Whitaker, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, and Guillaume Odonne1 "Open the Floodgates of Heaven": Amazonian Climate Change in Pre-Columbian TimesStéphen Rostain and Jonas Gregorio da Souza2 The Milpa Cycle as a Sustainable Ecological ResourceAnabel Ford 3 Confronting Climatic Instability in Coastal California Through the Lens of Archaeology and Historical EcologyTorben Rick, Gabriel Sanchez, and Shannon Tushingham4 Indigenous People Prevented Climate-Induced Ecological Change for Millennia: Evidence from the Prairie Peninsula and Fire-Loving Forests of Eastern North AmericaNatalie G. Mueller 5 Indigenous Land Use and Fire Resilience of Southwest USA Ponderosa Pine ForestsChristopher I. Roos, Thomas W. Swetnam, and Christopher H. Guiterman6 Different Relational Models have Shaped the Biocultural Conservation over Time of Araucaria araucana Forests and Their People Ana H. Ladio and Mauricio Sedrez dos Reis7 Ancient and Ongoing Land-Use as Climate Change Mitigation in Ts’msyen, Heiltsuk, and Wuikinuxv HomelandsChelsey Geralda Armstrong, Sara Wickham, and Kalina Hunter8 Clam Gardens Across Generations and Places Support Social-Ecological Resilience to Global ChangeDana Lepofsky and Anne Salomon9 Ancient Knowledge, Future Wisdom: Archaeological Perspectives of Caribbean Coastal Food and Habitat Security during Times of Climate CrisesIsabel Rivera-Collazo10 Whose Climate Change Is It? A Thousand-Year Example of Kali’na Responses to Shifting Coastal Landscapes in the Lower Maroni RiverMarquisar Jean-Jacques, Marianne Palisse, Martijn Van Den Bel, Antoine Gardel, and Edward Anthony11 Long-Term Ecological and Climate Changes through Amazonian Indigenous Oral HistoriesPirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Álvaro Férnandez-Llamazares, and Francisco Apurinã12 Owning Climate Change among the Makushi and AkawaioJames Andrew WhitakerPostfaceVictoria Reyes-García and André Braga Junqueira